merger

名词 n.
/ˈmɜː.d͡ʒə/    /ˈmɜː.d͡ʒə/|/ˈmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One that merges.
  2. The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.
    — Club mergers reduced the number of teams by half
  3. The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
    — The company has had some success with its EV offerings, such as the Nissan Leaf, an asset it brought to the table in merger discussions. EV development costs have created a powerful incentive for carmakers to explore mergers as a way to share the financial burden, according to analysts.
  4. An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.
  5. A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one.
    — the cot-caught merger

词形变化

mergers plural mergers plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English merge
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English merger
From merge + -er.
词源 2
From Anglo-Norman merger (verb used as noun).
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