Meaning & use
GM meeting
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Meaning
nouncountablebusiness
A meeting of the members or shareholders of an organization, especially a company.
Grammar: Often used with 'annual' or 'extraordinary': an annual GM meeting.
Patterns
- hold a GM meeting
- attend a GM meeting
- annual GM meeting
The company will hold its annual GM meeting next month to vote on the merger.
All shareholders are invited to attend the GM meeting and ask questions.
The GM meeting lasted three hours as members debated the new budget.
Word forms
| plural | GM meetings |
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Common combinations
- annual GM meeting
- The annual GM meeting is scheduled for June 15th.
- extraordinary GM meeting
- An extraordinary GM meeting was called to discuss the crisis.
- hold a GM meeting
- The board decided to hold a GM meeting to approve the new directors.
- GM meeting agenda
- The GM meeting agenda includes a vote on executive pay.
Synonyms and how they differ
- general meeting
- The full form; GM meeting is an abbreviation often used in business contexts.
- shareholders' meeting
- Similar but specifically for shareholders, whereas a GM meeting can include other members.
Word family
- AGM abbreviation
- Annual General Meeting, a type of GM meeting held yearly.
- EGM abbreviation
- Extraordinary General Meeting, a special GM meeting called for urgent matters.
Commonly confused: GM meeting or GM?
GM meeting vs GM
GM can mean General Motors or genetically modified; in a business meeting context, it usually stands for General Meeting.
Practice
What does 'GM meeting' typically stand for in a business context?
Choose one answer.
In business, GM meeting means General Meeting, where members or shareholders gather. General Motors is a company, and genetically modified is unrelated to meetings.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “GM meeting”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.