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ac·qui·si·tion 
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| 1. | the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate. |
| 2. | something acquired; addition: a recent acquisition to the museum. |
| 3. | Linguistics. the act or process of achieving mastery of a language or a linguistic rule or element: child language acquisition; second language acquisition. |
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Acquisition
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[Middle English adquisicioun, attainment, from Latin acquisitiō, acquisitiōn-, from acquisitus, past participle of acquīrere, to acquire; see acquire.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
acquisition
1387, "act of obtaining," from L. acquisitionem, from stem of acquirere "get in addition," from ad- "extra" + quærere "to seek to obtain" (see query). Meaning "thing obtained" is from 1477. Acquisitive "given to making acquisitions" is from 1846.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 1. | the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another" |
| 2. | something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum" |
| 3. | the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language" [syn: learning] |
| 4. | an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: skill] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
acquisition1 [ӕkwiˈziʃən] noun
the act of acquiring
Example: the acquisition of more land
acquisition2 [ӕkwiˈziʃən] nounExample: the acquisition of more land
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something acquired
Example: Her recent acquisitions included a piano.
See also: acquire, acquisitiveExample: Her recent acquisitions included a piano.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
acquisition ac·qui·si·tion (āk'wĭ-zĭsh'ən)
n.
The empirical demonstration in psychology of an increase in the strength of the conditioned response in successive trials in which the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli are paired.
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Acquisition
When one company purchases a majority interest in the acquired.
Investopedia Commentary
Acquisitions can either be friendly or unfriendly. Friendly acquisitions occur when the target firm agrees to be acquired, unfriendly acquisitions don't have the same agreement from the target firm.
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See also: Acquisition Fee, Acquisition Premium, Hostile Takeover, Merger, Saturday Night Special, Takeover
Also spelled: Aquisition
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acquisition
- The purchase of an asset such as a plant, a division, or even an entire company. For example, the Walt Disney Company made a major acquisition in 1996 when it purchasedCapital Cities/ABC, Inc., in order to extend its reach in the entertainment industry.
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Main Entry: ac·qui·si·tion
Pronunciation: "a-kw&-'zi-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act or action of acquiring;specifically : the obtaining of controlling interest in a company —compare MERGER, TAKEOVER
2 : a thing gained or acquired
| Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Acquisition
Ac*quire"ment\ (-ment), n. The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. "Rules for the acquirement of a taste." --Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. --Hayward. Syn: Acquisition, Acquirement. Usage: Acquirement is used in opposition to a natural gift or talent; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are acquirements; genius is the gift or endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal attainments, in opposition to material or external things gained, which are more usually called acquisitions; but this distinction is not always observed.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
acquisition
acquisition: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
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