acquisition [ acq·ui·si·tion ]
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1. An asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum.
So does it make more sense for parents to consider a property acquisition?
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2. A purchase of one company by another.
there were many acquisitions among travel agents
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3. The buying or obtaining of assets or objects.
western culture places a high value on material acquisition
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4. The learning or developing of a skill, habit, or quality.
the acquisition of management skills
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Origin
1. Late Middle English (in the sense ‘act of acquiring something’): from Latin acquisitio(n-), from the verb acquirere (see acquire).

