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.

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Etymology

Origin of M&A

First recorded in 1985–90

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M&A

Hulays joined Hershey in 2012 as VP finance, Canada, and has since taken on roles including global supply chain, M&A, corporate FP&A and finance strategy and enterprise transformation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Private-equity-backed consolidators have been responsible for 61% of all mergers and acquisition transactions in the sports industry since 2019, according to Oaklins, a global M&A and financial advisory company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Concerns include uncertainty around telecom M&A activity, the overhang from long-term contract disputes, potential satellite-coverage competition and the renewed impact from interest rates, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Not only is the number of M&A deals increasing, but the deals’ value is also surging, the research note observes.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

The U.S. still dominates these trends, but it’s clear that breadth is increasing with the share of non-U.S. tech M&A jumping from 42% in 2016 to 76% last year.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026