What's the difference between merger and venture?

Merger


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, merges.
  • (n.) An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or of a minor offense in a greater.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Defense Department can object to a merger involving its key suppliers during a federal antitrust review, which in this case could be led by the Justice Department.
  • (2) Given that O2 and Three have tended to perform better, and that Three’s position as a challenger in the market has driven it to offer a number of consumer-friendly products and features, it is important that the mergers do not adversely affect competition and the level of service that consumers receive in the UK,” Lloyd said.
  • (3) In his interim Digital Britain report published last month, Carter called for the creation of a "second institution ... with public purpose at its heart" to rival the BBC and mooted the merger of Channel 4 into a wider entity, potentially involving parts of BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm.
  • (4) So-called 'reverse merger' stocks are companies where a Chinese business obtains a back-door listing by buying a shell company in the US into which it injects assets.
  • (5) Murdoch has instigated a series of cost-cutting measures in newspapers in London, New York and Sydney as part of financial restructuring ahead of the de-merger.
  • (6) The £4bn merger between Granada and Carlton TV, effectively creating a single ITV company, has been given the go-ahead by the government.
  • (7) The UK's largest trade union, Unite, said a merger would have "protected the UK's long-term interests" if it had been accompanied by a jobs guarantee for British employees.
  • (8) Dennis Stevenson Chairman, HBOS The merger of the Bank of Scotland with Halifax seven years ago catapulted the 63-year-old, who had been chairman of the former building society for only two years, into the chairman's role at one of the UK's largest retail banks.
  • (9) Talking to clinicians at each of the three sites, it was evident that the vast majority felt no particular allegiance to the larger, merged organisation (SLHT) and, the majority wished to continue working on the individual site they had always worked, in the same manner as prior to the merger.
  • (10) Politicians could be barred from making decisions on media mergers under measures to be included in a new communications bill, the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt , has said.
  • (11) Gheit believes the “devastating” losses of the oil sector will increase the likelihood of more merger and acquisition activity following the $70bn takeover plan unveiled earlier this month by Shell on BG.
  • (12) The merger with Pepkor has given the group a foothold in 30 countries with 6,500 stores.
  • (13) The FTSE 250 company saw its share price rise 1.4% to 240p, following the decision to call off merger talks.
  • (14) It was wrong of him to disclose his thoughts about the proposed BSkyB merger to total strangers.
  • (15) Although we argue a deal is on the cards, we do not believe it will be a mega-merger.
  • (16) The 2004 merger of Worldwide's DVD release company, BBC Video, with rival VCI created the sixth biggest video company in the UK market and the largest British-owned brand.
  • (17) In no time, Unilever’s shareholder register would have been populated by merger arbitrage funds.
  • (18) It is the biggest oil and gas takeover since Shell’s Dutch and British arms were formally merged in 2004, and the 10th biggest mergers and acquisitions deal ever, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
  • (19) In BBC News, hundreds of jobs are under threat , mostly reporting roles, due to the domestic newsgathering operation's impending merger with the World Service.
  • (20) A merger of Deutsche Börse and the LSE would create the world's second biggest exchange - only the New York stock exchange would be bigger - and dominate trading in Europe.

Venture


Definition:

  • (n.) An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.
  • (n.) An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.
  • (n.) The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
  • (v. i.) To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.
  • (v. i.) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
  • (v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.
  • (v. t.) To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
  • (v. t.) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In London, diesel emissions are now so bad that on several days earlier this summer, children, older people and vulnerable adults were warned not to venture outside .
  • (2) In a new venture, BDJ Study Tours will offer a separate itinerary for partners on the Study Safari so whilst the business of dentistry gets under way they can explore additional sights in this fascinating country.
  • (3) Clearly, therefore, image is everything, especially in a world that can still be unkind to geeky people venturing out in public wearing their latest invention.
  • (4) The venture capitalist argued in his report, commissioned by the Downing Street policy guru Steve Hilton, in favour of "compensated no fault-dismissal" for small businesses.
  • (5) The affiliation set up a joint venture to operate two clinics, one on Scholl College's traditional campus and one at the teaching hospital.
  • (6) Casaleggio himself ventured that the M5S's programme could be like that of the Swedish Social Democrats.
  • (7) They also point to her involvement, between 1999 and 2005, with Computer Associates-Jinchen, a joint venture between an American tech company and a Chinese firm in which China’s ministry of public security reportedly held a 20% stake.
  • (8) "All the other titles are joint ventures or published under licence," he said.
  • (9) This finding accords with the results of similar studies of infection immunity to other intracellular parasites, and implies that the expression of cellular resistance to F. tularensis is a cooperative venture involving specifically sensitized lymphocytes and non-specific inflammatory cells, presumably macrophages.
  • (10) "[The partnership] would take account of things they are very good at and the things that we are good at and put them together in a new venture," Smith told peers.
  • (11) Other joint venture deals, designed to give the Pinewood name a global footprint, have also created Pinewood Toronto Studios and Pinewood Malaysia Iskandar Studios, with the latter due to open in 2013.
  • (12) Lewis Wind Power, the joint venture company set up by Amec and British Energy, said it was "bitterly disappointed" by the decision.
  • (13) Roy Keane tends to play conservatively these days but took the opportunity before the interval to venture forward more and it was from his cross that Robbie Keane scored No2, taken at the second attempt after his initial shot had hit a defender.
  • (14) Those seeking to stop the project contend that the $997m joint venture, signed in May 2010, did not undergo parliamentary scrutiny because it was concluded under the previous military regime.
  • (15) It’s the first time the digital monsters have made it on to smartphones – so what do you make of this new venture?
  • (16) Infusion or CRF into the LC (1-100 ng) significantly increased the time spent in the compartment and decreased the amount of time spent exploring the outside of the compartment or venturing into the inner squares of the open field, all indices of anxiogenic behavior.
  • (17) It seemed that a gust of wind had dislodged part of the screen’s moorings leaving the visiting Leicester party, who had to negotiate a new take-off slot for their post-match flight back to East Midlands, looking unimpressed when they ventured to the touchline.
  • (18) DMGT has also confirmed it is in talks to join the Local World joint venture.
  • (19) The charity has long been known for working in troublespots where few other humanitarians would venture, and for its “first in, last out” approach.
  • (20) The sale of Vodafone's 45% stake in its US joint venture to its partner Verizon Communications would end 13 years of an often fractious shared ownership.