acquisition
Something newly obtained
Acquisition is the act of obtaining something, or the thing obtained.
Companies make acquisitions when they purchase other businesses: The tech giant announced three acquisitions this quarter.
Museums boast new acquisitions.
The word carries a formal, institutional tone—you acquire assets, not groceries.
Language acquisition is how children learn to speak.
An acquisition can suggest strategic accumulation rather than casual getting.
Understood facts and skills
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
- literacyAbility to read, write
- competenceAdequate ability to function
fluency · proficiency · mastery · education · training · study · development · attainment
Obtaining goods externally
- purchaseGoods obtained for payment
- securingMaking firmly fixed
- gainingObtaining or increasing
- collectionGathered set of items
accumulation · sourcing · retrieval · amassing · harvesting · earning · winning · gathering
Corporate combination
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- purchaseGoods obtained for payment
- dealAgreement or distribution
target · bid · hostile · friendly · leveraged · strategic · synergy · consolidation
Something owned or inherent
- equipmentTools for a task
- real estateLand and its structures
- landEarth's solid surface
- buildingsConstructed enclosed structures
inventory · machinery · vehicles · technology · patents · trademarks · licenses · infrastructure
Land under jurisdiction
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- invasionForcible entry into territory
capture · colonization · expansion · dominion · surrender · campaign · treaty · cession
Gathered set of items
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- provenanceRecord of ownership
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- bequestGift left by will
exhibition · archive · curator · catalogue · repatriation · appraisal · accession · antiquities
knowledge
Understood facts and skills
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
- literacyAbility to read, write
competence · fluency · proficiency · mastery · education · training · study · development · attainment · understanding
procurement
Obtaining goods externally
collection · accumulation · sourcing · retrieval · amassing · harvesting · earning · winning · gathering · attainment
merger
Corporate combination
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- purchaseGoods obtained for payment
deal · target · bid · hostile · friendly · leveraged · strategic · synergy · consolidation · conglomerate
property
Something owned or inherent
- equipmentTools for a task
- real estateLand and its structures
- landEarth's solid surface
buildings · inventory · machinery · vehicles · technology · patents · trademarks · licenses · infrastructure · hardware
territory
Land under jurisdiction
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
invasion · capture · colonization · expansion · dominion · surrender · campaign · treaty · cession · protectorate
collection
Gathered set of items
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- provenanceRecord of ownership
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
bequest · exhibition · archive · curator · catalogue · repatriation · appraisal · accession · antiquities · specimens
- M&Amerger, takeover, hostile takeover, leveraged buyout, consolidation
- private equityleveraged buyout, leveraged buyouts, LBO, buyouts, general partner
- French Propertycadastre, servitude, syndic, mutation, donation
- German Business LawGmbH, AG, KG, corporate governance, shareholder
- mergersmerger, buyout, takeover, friendly merger, hostile takeover
- stock actionsstock split, reverse split, stock dividend, dividend, merger
acquisitiondivestiture
Disposal of assets
disposal · sale · relinquishment · surrender · abandonment
acquisitionexpenditure
Money paid out
spending · disbursement · outlay · depletion · dissipation
- business acquisitionPurchasing controlling stake
- merger and acquisitionCorporate consolidation transaction
- second language acquisitionProcess of gaining non-native fluency
- land acquisitionGaining ownership of terrain
- language acquisitionDeveloping communication ability
- hostile acquisitionBuyout opposed by target