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.]

When one company purchases a majority interest in the acquired.

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Acquisitions can be either 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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Purchase of an asset, such as real estate, chattels, or securities, with title and rights of ownership passing to the new owner.

Banking:

1. Addition of new accounts through marketing, resulting in deposit growth or new money. Deposit growth is accomplished by direct mail promotion, advertising, in-branch promotions, and so on.

2. Takeover of one company by another through a Purchase Acquisition a mostly cash transaction, or a Pooling of Interests in which two banks agree to swap common stock. Bank regulators sometimes provide generous assistance to banks that take over failing institutions, paying the acquirer the difference between the book value of the acquired bank's assets and the purchase price. See also Bailout.

Act of obtaining ownership of an asset through purchase, trade, or gift. Also, the asset that was acquired.
Example: Purchasing the apartment house when the market was depressed turned out to be a timely acquisition for the company. A portfolio of similar acquisitions has performed well over recent years.

noun

1. Something completed or attained successfully: accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, attainment, effort, feat. See do/not do.
2. Something tending to augment something else: accession, addition, augmentation. See increase/decrease.

n

Definition: gain
Antonyms: loss

n

Definition: obtaining or receiving
Antonyms: dearth, lack, loss, need, want

n

Definition: receiving
Antonyms: giving

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See collection (acquisition).

Common misspelling(s) of acquisition

• aquisition

Dansk (Danish)
n. - erhvervelse, nyerhvervelse, anskaffelse, nyanskaffelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
verwerving, aanwinst

Français (French)
n. - acquisition, recrue, (Fin) prise (de participations)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Erwerb, Erwerbung, Anschaffung, Akquisition, Errungenschaft

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόκτηση, απόκτημα, προσόν

Italiano (Italian)
acquisto, acquisizione, reclutamento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aquisição (f), compra (f)

idioms:

• language acquisition    aquisição (f) de linguagem

Русский (Russian)
приобретение, покупка, ценное пополнение для команды (воен.), достижение

idioms:

• language acquisition    овладение языком

Español (Spanish)
n. - adquisición

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förvärv, förvärvande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
获得, 取得, 增添的人, 获得物, 添加物品

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 獲得, 取得, 增添的人, 獲得物, 添加物品

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 획득, 횡재

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 獲得, 習得, 手に入れたもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إكتساب, شيء مكتسب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רכישה, נכס‬

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