m&a
m&a — 名詞
1. the business field in which one company buys another, or two companies join to f
併購業務
公司收購與合併的金融專業領域
the business field in which one company buys another, or two companies join to form a single larger firm — short for mergers and acquisitions.
Tamar spent six years in M&A at a Wall Street investment bank.
Tamar 在華爾街一家投資銀行的併購業務部門工作了六年。
work in M&A — the field as a career area
Global M&A activity slowed sharply when interest rates rose in 2023.
2023 年利率上升時，全球併購業務活動明顯放緩。
M&A activity — total volume of deals
The Singapore office now handles most of the firm's Asian M&A deals.
新加坡辦公室目前處理該公司大多數的亞洲併購業務案件。
Sofie joined the M&A team after finishing her law degree.
Sofie 完成法律學位後便加入了併購業務團隊。
Rising borrowing costs have pushed several large M&A negotiations onto hold.
借貸成本上升迫使數宗大型併購業務協商暫時擱置。
- mergers and acquisitions
the full unabbreviated form; preferred in formal documents and on first mention
- corporate finance
broader field that includes M&A plus capital raising and restructuring
文法句型
work in M&A
M&A deal
M&A activity
用法筆記
Used as an uncountable noun — say 'work in M&A', 'M&A activity', 'M&A deals'. The article 'the' is rare before bare M&A; pair with a noun like 'team', 'market', 'deal', or 'activity'.
常見錯誤
m&a — 縮寫
1. the written short form of 'mergers and acquisitions', used in business news, con
併購縮寫
「併購」一詞的書面縮寫形式
the written short form of 'mergers and acquisitions', used in business news, contracts, and corporate job titles.
Anong's job title at the bank reads 'Vice President, M&A'.
Anong 在銀行的職稱寫作「Vice President M&A」。
M&A in a job title — standard corporate format
The report's first page spells out 'mergers and acquisitions (M&A)' before switching to the short form.
報告首頁先寫出「mergers and acquisitions（M&A）」全名，之後才改用此縮寫。
first-mention pattern: full form then (M&A)
Vivek bookmarked the Bloomberg page that lists every M&A press release for the week.
Vivek 將彭博每週列出所有 M&A 新聞稿的頁面加入了書籤。
Most business newspapers shorten 'mergers and acquisitions' to M&A after the first paragraph.
大多數財經報紙在第一段之後就將「mergers and acquisitions」縮寫為 M&A。
- mergers and acquisitions
the full unabbreviated phrase the symbol stands for
用法筆記
Read aloud as the three letters 'em and ay'. Distinguish from sense as a noun (the activity itself): this entry covers the written symbol that stands in for the longer phrase.