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Noun: horizontal merger
  1. A merger usually between two companies in the same business sector.
    "The example of horizontal merger would be if a health care system buys another health care system."

Derived forms: horizontal mergers

Type of: amalgamation, merger, uniting

Encyclopedia: Horizontal merger

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