Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun horizontal_combination

1 sense of horizontal combination

Sense 1
horizontal integration, horizontal combination -- (absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level)
       => consolidation, integration -- (the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them")