Term: vertical integration: absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: box spring: a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth → 0
Candidate hypernym: insightfulness: shrewdness shown by keen insight → 0
Candidate hypernym: purplish red: a red with a tinge of purple → 0
Candidate hypernym: lisp compiler: a compiler for programs written in LISP → 0
Candidate hypernym: raindrop: a drop of rain → 0
Candidate hypernym: stick lac: lac in its natural state as scraped off twigs and dried → 0
Candidate hypernym: chiron: (Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes → 0
Candidate hypernym: semicoma: a mild comatose state; a coma from which the person can be roused by appropriate stimuli → 0
Candidate hypernym: hydration: the process of combining with water; usually reversible → 0
Candidate hypernym: tight end: (football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle → 0