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Merger vs Mercer - What's the difference?

merger | mercer |

As nouns the difference between merger and mercer

is that merger is the act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit while mercer is a merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.

As a proper noun Mercer is

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merger

English

(wikipedia merger)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.
    • ''Club mergers reduced the number of teams by half
  • (economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
  • (legal) 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.
  • (linguistics) A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one.
    • the cot-caught merger

    Synonyms

    * combination * fusion

    Antonyms

    * division

    Related terms

    * mergence * annexation

    See also

    * alliance * buyout * sellout * takeover

    mercer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.
  • * 1600, Ben Jonson, Cynthia's Revels
    • ... Acolastus-Polypragmon-Asotus, is here present (by the help of his mercer , tailor, milliner, sempster, and so forth) at his designed hour...
  • * 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
    • He passed, dallying, the windows of Brown Thomas, silk mercers .
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