M&A

American  

abbreviation

Finance, Business.

1. mergers and acquisitions: the practice of incorporating parts (or all) of another enterprise, either by combining two or more companies into one or by purchasing some or all of another company's assets, as a way of strategically enhancing or growing a business.

---

Etymology

Origin of M&A

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

I’m a bit of a sucker for VPN providers that stick to a VPN’s classic mission of privacy and security.

From Salon

“Before I was a woman who did comedy, and now I’m a man who does drama. I don’t know what happened there,” Gibson says laughing about the most surprising part of his own transition arc.

From Los Angeles Times

‘I was shoveling sidewalks at 8 years old’: I’m a 73-year-old boomer dad with two kids.

From MarketWatch

“Uncertainty due to oil, growth and rates isn’t going away. But major deals are still getting done,” said Ben Goodchild, a partner in the M&A group at law firm Paul Weiss.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The M&A market is focused on the long-term fundamentals: right deal, right price and right strategic rationale.”

From The Wall Street Journal