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Acquisition vs. Acquirement — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Acquisition and Acquirement

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Acquisition

An asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum
The legacy will be used for new acquisitions

Acquirement

The action of acquiring something
The acquirement of self control

Acquisition

The learning or developing of a skill, habit, or quality
The acquisition of management skills

Acquirement

The act of acquiring.

Acquisition

The act of acquiring.
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Acquirement

An attainment, such as a skill or social accomplishment.

Acquisition

Something acquired or gained
Added two new acquisitions to my library.

Acquirement

Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.

Acquisition

The act or process of acquiring.
The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.

Acquirement

The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
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Acquisition

The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.

Acquirement

The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.
His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.

Acquisition

(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.

Acquirement

An ability that has been acquired by training

Acquisition

The act or process of acquiring.
The acquisition or loss of a province.

Acquisition

The purchase of one commercial enterprise by another, whether for cash, or in a trade of stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased company.

Acquisition

The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.

Acquisition

The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something;
The acquisition of wealth
The acquisition of one company by another

Acquisition

Something acquired;
A recent acquisition by the museum

Acquisition

The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge;
The child's acquisition of language

Acquisition

An ability that has been acquired by training

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