Dictionary of Business Terms: merge
merge
- combine two or more lists or files by combining duplicate records into single records. Merging is normally done in conjunction with a purging process that eliminates undesirable names.
- financially combine two companies so that only one of the companies survives as a legal entity.
Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms: merge
merge
to insert data (e.g., names and addresses) from one file into a document that resides in another file (e.g., the text of a form letter).
Dictionary of Marketing Terms: merge
merge
- combine two or more lists or files by combining duplicate records into single records. Merging is normally done in conjunction with a purging process that eliminates undesirable names. See also merge/purge.
- financially combine two companies so that only one of the companies survives as a legal entity.
