Meaning of AMALGAMATION
| Pronunciation: | | u`malgu'meyshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] the combination of two or more commercial companies |
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| | Synonyms: | | merger, uniting |
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| | See Also: | | consolidation, integration | |
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| | Definition: | | \A*mal`ga*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. amalgamation.]
1. The act or operation of compounding mercury with another
metal; -- applied particularly to the process of
separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them
with mercury. --Ure.
2. The mixing or blending of different elements, races,
societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or
blending; a homogeneous union. --Macaulay.
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| | Related Terms: | | addition, admixture, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, alloy, alloyage, amalgam, Anschluss, assimilation, association, blend, blending, cabal, cahoots, cartel, centralization, coadunation, coalescence, coalescing, coalition, colleagueship, collegialism, collegiality, combination, combine, combo, comminglement, commingling, commixture, composite, composition, compost, compound, comradeship, confederacy, confederation, confraternity, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidating, consolidation, conspiracy, copartnership, copartnery, eclecticism, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federalization, federation, fellowship, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization, freemasonry, fusing, fusion, hookup, immixture, inclusion, incorporation, integration, interfusion, interlarding, interlardment, interminglement, intermingling, intermixture, joining, junction, junta, league, marriage, meld, melding, merger, mingling, mixing, mixture, package, package deal, partnership, pluralism, sodality, solidification, sorority, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, uniting, wedding |
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