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
Broader: consolidation: the act of combining into an integral whole | Unrelated: pipsissewa: any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila
Broader: consolidation: the act of combining into an integral whole | Unrelated: platinum: a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits
Broader: consolidation: the act of combining into an integral whole | Unrelated: immunotherapy: therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system
Broader: consolidation: the act of combining into an integral whole | Unrelated: elixir of life: a hypothetical substance believed to maintain life indefinitely; once sought by alchemists
Broader: consolidation: the act of combining into an integral whole | Unrelated: tumbrel: a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
Broader: consolidation: the act of combining into an integral whole | Unrelated: nip: a tart spicy quality
Broader: consolidation: the act of combining into an integral whole | Unrelated: hypophyseal stalk: the funnel-shaped stalk connecting the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus
Broader: consolidation: the act of combining into an integral whole | Unrelated: attention: the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
Broader: consolidation: the act of combining into an integral whole | Unrelated: stress incontinence: urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining
Broader: consolidation: the act of combining into an integral whole | Unrelated: megohm: a unit of resistance equal to one million ohms