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

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1. acquisitionnoun

   The act or process of acquiring.

   The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.

   Synonyms:
   procurement, accession

2. acquisitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, accession

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1. acquisitionnoun

   the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

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

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, learning, attainment, accomplishment, skill

2. acquisitionnoun

   something acquired

   "a recent acquisition by the museum"

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, learning, attainment, accomplishment, skill

3. learning, acquisitionnoun

   the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

   "the child's acquisition of language"

   Synonyms:
   attainment, scholarship, eruditeness, encyclopaedism, accomplishment, learning, learnedness, erudition, acquirement, encyclopedism, skill

4. skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainmentnoun

   an ability that has been acquired by training

   Synonyms:
   science, accomplishment, learning, attainment, acquirement, skill, achievement

Matched Categories

1. • Acquiring
   • Transferred Property

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1. acquisitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   ACQUIREMENT

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1. List of paraphrases for "acquisition":

   purchase, procurement, acquisitions, purchasing, acquiring, acquire, 'acquisition, acquired, buying, takeover, purchases, buying-in, procuring, buy, catchment, purchased, securement

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1. Rajeev Suri:

   The next year is the key, this is why the timing of our acquisition is good.

2. The Hitopadesa:

   Let this be an example for the acquisition of all knowledge, virtue, and riches. By the fall of drops of water, by degrees, a pot is filled.

3. Chief Executive Greg Brown:

   While it's what I would call a 'tuck-in' acquisition, it will be very valuable to us as we bring it to our customers.

4. Lam Nguyen:

   Our deal fees are based on similar transactions of the same size range, but we do take into account the deal specifics such as cross-border versus domestic acquisitions, and the fact this is a Chinese company making a mega acquisition outside of China, those two made our estimates higher than a normal domestic acquisition.

5. Chris Daniels:

   This is really a customer acquisition tool for mobile operators where the benefit to them of offering a very light amount of free data is to bring on more paying subscribers to their networks.