Also means
takeover
Usage Note
Absorción covers both a physical process (the absorción of water by soil) and a business one (a corporate absorción, meaning one company swallowing another). In finance and law, fusión y absorción (merger and acquisition) is the standard pairing.
Examples
"La absorción de la empresa tardó meses en completarse."
Natural Translation
The takeover of the company took months to complete.

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