acquisition

(ăk'wĭ-zĭsh'ən)
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.]

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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.

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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

A corporate action in which a company buys most, if not all, of the target company's ownership stakes in order to assume control of the target firm. Acquisitions are often made as part of a company's growth strategy whereby it is more beneficial to take over an existing firm's operations and niche compared to expanding on its own. Acquisitions are often paid in cash, the acquiring company's stock or a combination of both.

Investopedia Says:
Acquisitions can be either friendly or hostile. Friendly acquisitions occur when the target firm expresses its agreement to be acquired, whereas hostile acquisitions don't have the same agreement from the target firm and the acquiring firm needs to actively purchase large stakes of the target company in order to have a majority stake.

In either case, the acquiring company often offers a premium on the market price of the target company's shares in order to entice shareholders to sell. For example, News Corp.'s bid to acquire Dow Jones was equal to a 65% premium over the stock's market price.

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See collection (acquisition).

i. The act of visually identifying an object of interest—another aircraft, aerial target, or object/target on ground—from the air.
ii. The detection and identification of a target by radar or another sensor on board the aircraft.
iii. Reaching the desired flight parameter, such as flight level or air speed.
iv. Reaching the desired point in airspace, such as the ILS (instrument landing system) localizer or glide slope.

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For a list of words related to acquisition, see:

• Securities - acquisition: purchase of one company by another, including gaining control of its stock
• Spending, Receiving, and Possessing Wealth - acquisition: accumulation and retention of wealth

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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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