[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. |
| 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.] |
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
acquisition
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.