[] ( ˌvertical ˈmerger []) () a situation where a company buys one of the companies which supplies it with goods or which buys goods from it垂直整合◆The company moved one step closer to vertical integration after acquiring its distributors.在收购其分销商之后，这家公司向垂直整合更近了一步。➡backward integration , forward integration , horizontal integration , vertical disintegration ➡ picture at integration