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merger

merg.er \'m*r-j*r\ n [merge + -er (as in waiver)] law  1: the absorption of 
   an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a  minor offense in a 
   greater, or of an obligation into a judgment 2: absorption by a corporation 
   of one or more others; also : any of  various methods of combining two or 
   more business concerns or other organizations