merge merge [mɜːdʒ ǁ mɜːrdʒ] verb [intransitive, transitive]
1. if two or more companies, organizations etc merge, or if they are merged, they join together:
• The companies will merge their cellular phone operations, forming one of the nation's largest regional systems.
merge with
• Sanford shares jumped 10½ to 35 after the company agreed to merge with Newell Co. in a stock swap.
2. to combine lists of information so that only one list remains:
• Before the company moved into the new location, we were responsible for merging as much information as possible.
— compare purge — see also mail merge* * *
merge UK US /mɜːdʒ/ verb [I or T]
► to join together, or to be joined together, to make a larger company, organization, department, etc.: »
The two banks denied rumours that they aim to merge.
»The cable company announced plans to merge its advertising and sales operations.
merge (sth) with/into sth »The firm became the world's largest supplier of online security software when it merged with its rival in a £35m deal.
merged business/company/entity »In one year, the newly merged company saved more than $100 million in costs.
Financial and business terms. 2012.