| has gloss | (noun) the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"
acquisition |
| lexicalization | eng: acquisition |
| subclass of | (noun) the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"
getting, acquiring |
| has subclass | (noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); "incurring debts is easier than paying them"
incurring |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of making money (and accumulating wealth)
moneymaking |
| has subclass | (noun) the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation"
annexation |
| has subclass | (noun) acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale; "keeps his hold on his constituents through unashamed pork-barreling"
pork-barreling |
| has subclass | (noun) acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock
buyout |
| has subclass | (noun) the acquisition of something for payment; "they closed the purchase with a handshake"
purchase |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of taking something that is offered; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer"
acceptance |
| has subclass | (noun) acquisition of property by descent or by will
taking over, succession |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"
assumption, laying claim |
| has subclass | (noun) hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
inheritance, heritage |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies"
procurement, procurance, procural |
| has subclass | (noun) getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
restitution, regaining, restoration, return |
| has subclass | c/Cisco Systems acquisitions |
| has subclass | c/Google acquisitions |
| has subclass | c/Hewlett-Packard acquisitions |
| has subclass | c/Microsoft acquisitions |
| has subclass | c/Symantec acquisitions |
| has subclass | c/U.M.&M. T.V. Corp. acquisitions |