VERTICAL INTEGRATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vertical integration mean? 

• VERTICAL INTEGRATION (noun)
  The noun VERTICAL INTEGRATION has 1 sense:

1. absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution

  Familiarity information: VERTICAL INTEGRATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERTICAL INTEGRATION (noun)

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Meaning:

Absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

vertical combination; vertical integration

Hypernyms ("vertical integration" is a kind of...):

consolidation; integration (the act of combining into an integral whole)

Derivation:

vertical (relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution)