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

1 sense of vertical integration

Sense 1
vertical integration, vertical combination -- (absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution)
       => 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")