"M&A" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} M&A
  1. (business) Initialism of mergers and acquisitions. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: mergers and acquisitions Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-M&A-en-noun-WzMmhAZu Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 87 10 3 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 6 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 95 4 1 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 91 7 2 Topics: business
  2. (marketing) Initialism of marketing and advertising. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: marketing and advertising Categories (topical): Marketing
    Sense id: en-M&A-en-noun-O8Ps3HMN Topics: business, marketing
  3. (management) Initialism of management and analysis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: management and analysis Categories (topical): Management
    Sense id: en-M&A-en-noun-IHtP-pAd Topics: management
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: M+A [rare]

Inflected forms

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