M & A

M & A M & A

FINANCE abbreviation for Mergers And Acquisitions (= when companies combine, or when one company buys another) as a financial activity, or the study of this in business schools

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M & A UK US (also M and A) noun [U or C]

► FINANCE ABBREVIATION for mergers and acquisitions: the activity of buying or combining with another company or advising another company on how to do this: »

Further M & A activity is unlikely before this recession is over.

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This article examines the various issues surrounding M & As.