Acquisition Definition

ăkwĭ-zĭshən
acquisitions
noun
acquisitions
The act of acquiring.
American Heritage
An acquiring or being acquired.
Webster's New World
Something acquired or gained.
Added two new acquisitions to my library.
American Heritage
Something or someone acquired or added.
Webster's New World

The act or process of acquiring.

The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.
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Other Word Forms of Acquisition

Noun

Singular:
acquisition
Plural:
acquisitions

Origin of Acquisition

  • Middle English adquisicioun attainment from Latin acquisitiō acquisitiōn- from acquisitus past participle of acquīrere to acquire acquire

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English, from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisitio, from acquirere. See acquire.

    From Wiktionary

Acquisition Sentence Examples

  • But as to the date of that acquisition there is doubt.

  • There are several reasons for the unsatisfactory financial results apart from the high price paid for the acquisition of the telegraphs.

  • This enterprise and the acquisition of Finland from Sweden, which Napoleon also dangled before the eyes of the tsar, formed the bait which brought that potentate into Napoleon's Continental System.

  • Very little new capital was invested by the telegraph companies about 1865 because of the natural reluctance of the companies to extend the systems under their control so long as a proposal for their acquisition by the state was under consideration.

  • By the ensuing peace of Adrianople, Russia still further enlarged her Transcaucasian territories by the acquisition of the districts of Kars, Batum and Ardahan.

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NONION

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