absorb a company
1absorb — ab‧sorb [əbˈsɔːb, əbˈzɔːb ǁ ɔːrb] verb [transitive] COMMERCE 1. if a large organization absorbs a smaller one, it takes control of it and makes it part of the organization: • The company was absorbed by IBM in 1995. absorb into • Several smaller… …
2absorb — ab·sorb vt 1: to make (a right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution) applicable to the states 2 a: to bear or assume the burden of expenses were absorb ed by the company b: to lessen the tax liability for has other losses to absorb the income D. Q …
3absorb — verb (T) 1 LIQUID if something absorbs a liquid, it takes the liquid into itself from the surface or space around it: Plants absorb nutrients from the soil. 2 INFORMATION to read or hear a large amount of new information and understand it: I… …
4absorb — absorbable, adj. absorbability n. /ab sawrb , zawrb /, v.t. 1. to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water. 2. to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate: The empire absorbed many small nations. 3. to… …
5Company rule in India — For usage, see British Empire in India Company rule in India Colony of the East India Company ↓ …
6Company (Heroes) — The Company refers to a fictional covert international organization in the NBC drama Heroes. Its primary purpose is to identify, monitor and study those individuals with genetically derived special abilities. The Company played a central role in… …
7absorb — transitive verb Etymology: Anglo French asorbir to swallow up, from Latin absorbēre, from ab + sorbēre to suck up; akin to Lithuanian surbti to sip, Greek rophein to gulp down Date: 15th century 1. to take in and make part of an existent whole <… …
8absorb — verb 1) a spongelike material that absorbs water Syn: soak up, suck up, draw up/in, take up/in, blot up, mop up, sop up Ant: exude 2) she absorbed the information in silence Syn …
9absorb — /əb zɔ:b/ verb to take in a small item so as to form part of a larger one ♦ overheads have absorbed all our profits all our profits have gone in paying overhead expenses ♦ to absorb a loss by a subsidiary to write a subsidiary company’s loss into …
10absorb — /əb zɔ:b/ verb to take in a small item so that it forms part of a larger one ♦ overheads have absorbed all our profits all our profits have gone in paying overhead expenses ♦ to absorb a loss by a subsidiary to include a subsidiary company’s loss …
