Definitions for acquisition
ˌæk wəˈzɪʃ ənac·qui·si·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. acquisitionnoun

   the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

   "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"

2. acquisitionnoun

   something acquired

   "a recent acquisition by the museum"

3. learning, acquisitionnoun

   the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

   "the child's acquisition of language"

4. skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainmentnoun

   an ability that has been acquired by training

GCIDERate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Acquisitionnoun

   Specifically: (Business, Finance) The purchase of one commercial enterprise by another, whether for cash, or in a trade of stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased company.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. acquisitionnoun

   The act or process of acquiring.

   The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.

2. acquisitionnoun

   The thing acquired or gained; a gain.

   That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Acquisitionnoun

   Etymology: acquisitio, Lat.

   1. The act of acquiring or gaining.

   Each man has but a limited right to the good things of the world; and the natural allowed way, by which he is to compass the possession of these things, is by his own industrious acquisition of them. Robert South, Sermons.

   2. The thing gained; acquirement.

   Great Sir, all acquisition
   Of glory as of empire, here I lay before
   Your royal feet. John Denham, Sophy.

   A state can never arrive to its period in a more deplorable crisis, than when some prince lies hovering like a vulture to dismember its dying carcase; by which means it becomes only an acquisition to some mighty monarchy, without hopes of a resurrection. Jonathan Swift, on the Dissensions in Athens and Rome.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. acquisition

   Acquisition refers to the act of gaining possession or control over something, often involving assets, such as companies or real estate. In business, it can specifically involve one company purchasing another company to expand its operations, market or services. This can also refer to the process of learning or developing skills, knowledge, or abilities.

2. acquisition

   Acquisition refers to the act of gaining possession or control over something. This could be through buying, obtaining, learning, or developing. It is commonly used in business context where one company acquires another. However, it can also refer to the process of gaining knowledge or skills.

3. acquisition

   Acquisition refers to the act of gaining possession or control over something, often through purchase, exchange, or merger. This term is commonly used in business to refer to the process in which one company purchases or takes over another company. However, it can also be applied in various contexts such as learning (acquisition of knowledge) or assets purchase.

4. acquisition

   Acquisition refers to the process whereby a company purchases most, if not all, of another company's ownership stakes to assume control of it. It can also refer to obtaining possession or control of something, such as skills, knowledge, or assets.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Acquisitionnoun

   the act or process of acquiring

2. Acquisitionnoun

   the thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition

3. Etymology: [L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere: cf. F. acquisition. See Acquire.]

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1. Acquisition

   Acquisition is a Gnutella-based peer-to-peer client designed specifically for Mac OS X. It supports BitTorrent and is based on LimeWire. A shareware product, it is priced from $25. Acquisition is noted more for its focus on user interface and integration with Mac OS X than for its originality in features, although it makes full use of Apple's Cocoa APIs, and integrates with iTunes. Acquisition uses parts of the LimeWire core libraries, licensed under the GNU General Public License. The graphical user interface and the open source, modified LimeWire core run as separate processes, communicating via Unix pipes, which allows parts of the software to be relicensed. This follows in the footsteps of the precedent set by Apple's proprietary Xcode suite, which relies on open source components such as gcc and gdb. Although Acquisition uses parts of LimeWire code, it continued to work after LimeWire's decision to disable its client. It was able to do so because the code that allowed Limewire to disable their software was absent, as it was from its sister programs Cabos and FrostWire, among others.

Matched Categories

1. • Acquiring
   • Transferred Property

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'acquisition' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3580

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'acquisition' in Nouns Frequency: #1308

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How to pronounce acquisition?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say acquisition in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of acquisition in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of acquisition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of acquisition in a Sentence

1. Aleister Crowley:

   Men and women are not free to love decently until they have analyzed themselves completely and swept away every mystery from sex; and this means the acquisition of a profound philosophical theory based on wide reading of anthropology and enlightened practice.

2. Liberty House Group:

   In the short term we will continue discussions with Tata about the acquisition of a number of important assets that fit well with our strategy.

3. John Flannery:

   We don't feel the need to do a major acquisition or divestiture and I don't want the business distracted from growing earnings, we have five years plus of not growing earnings. We're not going to be a party to that anymore.

4. Ariel Shapiro:

   If it's not this deal that's being reported in various outlets, it could be any other deal, the point is to have an understanding with management that transcends any new acquisition.

5. Gurdeep Singh:

   It gives us a great lever in terms of our proposition differentiation at the point of sale ... which will help us accelerate our acquisition journey of good quality, sticky customers.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=acquisition
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=acquisition
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Acquisition
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=acquisition
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acquisition
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=acquisition
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=acquisition