data room

noun

A space used for housing data, usually of a secure or privileged nature in the context of mergers and acquisitions.

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Meanings

noundata room (plural data rooms)

plural data rooms

  1. businessA space used for housing data, usually of a secure or privileged nature in the context of mergers and acquisitions.
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    The best way to respond to a due diligence request is to prepare and set up a data room by the seller and its advisors. […] A data room is a physical or electronic data pool that contains a variety of essential information about the target company that the seller wants to make available to potential buyers for analysis.

    2022, Maximilian Dreher, Dietmar Ernst, Mergers & Acquisitions […] , Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 62
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APA

data room. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20room

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “data room,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20room.

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