1728 in legal sense, "extinguishment by absorption," from merge (v.), on analogy of French infinitives used as nouns (see waiver). From 1889 in the business sense; not common until c. 1926. General meaning "any act of merging" is from 1881.
雙語例句
1. The merger puts the firm in a position to triple its earnings.
合并可使公司利潤增長兩倍。
來自柯林斯例句
2. His justification for the merger was just hot air.
他提出的合并理由只是空話連篇。
來自柯林斯例句
3. a merger between the two banks
兩家銀行的合并
來自《權威詞典》
4. Plans for a merger have been scotched.
合并計劃停止實行。
來自《權威詞典》
5. Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.