Combined or blended together to form a single unified whole, or describing a company formed from the merger of separate entities.
Past participle of amalgamate, from Medieval Latin amalgamatus. Used in business contexts since the 19th century to describe corporate mergers and consolidations.
The Amalgamated Transit Union and other 'Amalgamated' companies got their names specifically because they were formed by merging many smaller unions and firms—it was a way of signaling that this massive organization was made up of previously separate parts.
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