Associations to the word «Acquisition»

Wiktionary

ACQUISITION, noun. The act or process of acquiring.
ACQUISITION, noun. The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
ACQUISITION, noun. (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
ACQUISITION DEBT, noun. Any debt (such as a mortgage) used to buy, build, or substantially improve a primary or secondary residence.

Dictionary definition

ACQUISITION, noun. The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another".
ACQUISITION, noun. Something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum".
ACQUISITION, noun. The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language".
ACQUISITION, noun. An ability that has been acquired by training.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King