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ac⋅qui⋅si⋅tion
[ak-wuh-zish-uh
n] 
| 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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| ac·qui·si·tion (āk'wĭ-zĭsh'ən) n.
[Middle English adquisicioun, attainment, from Latin acquisitiō, acquisitiōn-, from acquisitus, past participle of acquīrere, to acquire; see acquire.] |
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Acquisition
Ac`qui*si"tion\, n. [L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere: cf. F. acquisition. See Acquire.]1. The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. --Macaulay. 2. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. Syn: See Acquirement.Cite This Source
acquisition
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Acquisition
When one company purchases a majority interest in the acquired.
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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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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 purchased Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., in order to extend its reach in the entertainment industry.
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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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