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ac⋅qui⋅si⋅tion

[ak-wuh-zish-uhn]
–noun
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.

Origin:
1375–1425; ME adquisicioun, a(c)quisicion < L acquīsītiōn- (s. of acquīsītiō), equiv. to acquīsīt(us), ptp. of acquīrere to acquire + -iōn- -ion


ac⋅qui⋅si⋅tion⋅al, adjective
ac⋅quis⋅i⋅tor [uh-kwiz-i-ter] , noun
ac·qui·si·tion   (āk'wĭ-zĭsh'ən)   
n.  
  1. The act of acquiring.
  2. Something acquired or gained: added two new acquisitions to my library.

[Middle English adquisicioun, attainment, from Latin acquisitiō, acquisitiōn-, from acquisitus, past participle of acquīrere, to acquire; see acquire.]

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.
Language Translation for : acquisition
Spanish: adquisición,
German: der Erwerb,
Japanese: 獲得

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.

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

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.


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

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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