A legal union similar to marriage, established to allow same-sex couples (and, in some jurisdictions, opposite-sex couples) rights similar to those married couples have.
The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one.
One that merges.
An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.
The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.