acquisition
the purchase of one business enterprise by another: the acquisition of a rival corporation;mergers and acquisitions.
Linguistics. the act or process of achieving mastery of a language or a linguistic rule or element: child language acquisition; second language acquisition.
Origin of acquisition
1Other words from acquisition
- ac·qui·si·tion·al, adjective
- ac·quis·i·tor [uh-kwiz-i-ter], /əˈkwɪz ɪ tər/, noun
- pre·ac·qui·si·tion, noun
- pro·ac·qui·si·tion, adjective
- re·ac·qui·si·tion, noun
- su·per·ac·qui·si·tion, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for acquisition
/ (ˌækwɪˈzɪʃən) /
the act of acquiring or gaining possession
something acquired
a person or thing of special merit added to a group
astronautics the process of locating a spacecraft, satellite, etc, esp by radar, in order to gather tracking and telemetric information
Origin of acquisition
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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