different between federation vs merger

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fédération, from Late Latin foederatio, from Latin foederare; equivalent to federate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?d???e??n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

federation (countable and uncountable, plural federations)

1. Act of joining together into a single political entity.

   It is 106 years since federation.

2. Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.
3. Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.
4. (computing, telecommunications) A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.

Alternative forms

• fœderation (archaic) [18^th–19^th C]

Related terms

• federate, federative
• federationism, federationist; federational, federationalist, federationalism
• confederation; federal

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: pederasyon
• ? Burmese: ???????????? (hpaida.re:hrang:)

Translations

Adjective

federation (not comparable)

1. (Australia) Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.

   We live in a federation house.

   • 2000, Donald Denoon, Philippa Mein Smith, Marivic Wyndham, A History of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, page 221,

     The Federation house claimed a unique place in architecture, even if it offended architects.

   • 2002, Andrew Swaffer, Katrina O'Brien, Darroch Donald, Australia: Handbook, page 754,

     Five Chimneys, 15 Maria St, T8563 0240. Comfortable accomodation ^[sic] in large federation house, spa, swimming pool.

   • 2010, Adrian Franklin, Collecting the 20th Century, page 27,

     Plaster kookaburras from the 1930s would still look good in a nature-themed Federation house; h27 cm.

Danish

Noun

federation c (singular definite federationen, plural indefinite federationer)

1. unofficial form of of føderation

Declension

Synonyms

• forbundsstat

Swedish

Noun

federation c

1. federation; an array of states or nations

Declension

Related terms

• federal

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: mûr?j?r, IPA^(key): /?m?d??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??d??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d??(?)
• Hyphenation: merg?er

Etymology 1

From merge +? -er.

Noun

merger (plural mergers)

1. One that merges.

Etymology 2

Old French merger (“verb used as noun”)

Noun

merger (plural mergers)

1. The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.

   Club mergers reduced the number of teams by half

2. (economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
3. (law) 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.
4. (phonology) A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one.

   the cot-caught merger

Synonyms

• combination
• fusion
• (linguistics): phonemic merger

Antonyms

• division

Derived terms

Related terms

• mergence

Translations

See also

• alliance
• buyout
• sellout
• takeover

References

• merger at OneLook Dictionary Search
• merger in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.