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vertical combination

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noun

  1. the integration within one company of individual businesses working separately in related phases of the production and sale of a product.

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In short, it is setting out to integrate a great vertical combination similar to that of Anaconda.

From Time Magazine Archive

A. & P.'s monopoly, said the Government, consisted of a vertical combination of purchasing, manufacturing, distributing, and retail companies, all controlled by the Hartfords.

From Time Magazine Archive

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