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11acquirement — acquirement, acquisition, attainment, accomplishment denote in common a power or skill that is the fruit of exertion or effort; in this sense they are often used in the plural. Acquirement implies achievement as a result of continued endeavor and …
12ac|quest — «uh KWEHST», noun. 1. a thing acquired; acquisition. 2. Law. property acquired otherwise than by succession. ╂[< Middle French acquest, ultimately < Latin ad to + quaerere seek] …
13acquisition — /aekwazishsn/ The act of becoming the owner of certain property; the act by which one acquires or procures the property in anything. State ex rel. Fisher v. Sherman, 135 Ohio St. 458, 21 N.E.2d 467, 470. Used also of the thing acquired. Taking… …
14acquisition — /aekwazishsn/ The act of becoming the owner of certain property; the act by which one acquires or procures the property in anything. State ex rel. Fisher v. Sherman, 135 Ohio St. 458, 21 N.E.2d 467, 470. Used also of the thing acquired. Taking… …
15Acquisition — Ac qui*si tion, n. [L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere: cf. F. acquisition. See {Acquire}.] 1. The act or process of acquiring. [1913 Webster] The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: (Business, Finance) The… …
16acquisition — noun a) The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself. b) The thing acquired or gained; a gain. That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition. Syn: accession, procurement, acquirement …
17purchase — I. v. a. 1. Buy, bargain for, get by payment. 2. (Rare.) Obtain, acquire, procure, get, gain. II. n. 1. Bargain. 2. Property, possession, acquisition, thing acquired. 3. Hold, advantage, power, force …
18acquisition — , n. act of acquiring; thing acquired; process of locating by radar, etc., or of re establishing contact with, a spacecraft, satellite, etc …
19ac|qui|si|tion — «AK wuh ZIHSH uhn», noun, verb. –n. 1. the act of acquiring or getting as one s own: »He spent hundreds of hours in the acquisition of skill at the piano. With the acquisition of 19 rare specimens, the collection is unmatched. 2. a thing acquired …
20United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
