acquisitions
Things newly obtained
Acquisitions is the plural of acquisition—things obtained or the act of obtaining them.
The word appears most often in business contexts, where it refers to companies purchased by other companies: The tech giant's recent acquisitions include three startups.
Libraries and museums have acquisitions departments that add to their collections.
In military contexts, target acquisition means locating something to strike.
Assuming command of something
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- mergerCorporate combination
- due diligencePre-transaction reasonable care
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
consolidation · integration · divestiture · deal-making · negotiation · bid · hostile · friendly
Human-made historical objects
- antiquesValuable old items
- specimensRepresentative items for examination
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
rarities · memorabilia · archives · exhibits · treasures · curiosities · ephemera · philately
Land and its structures
- landEarth's solid surface
- holdingsProperty one owns
- estateProperty and grounds
- deedWritten property conveyance
title · parcel · acreage · tract · plot · leasehold · freehold · tenement
Items added to collection
- volumesAmounts or books
- holdingsProperty one owns
- archivesStored historical documents
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
periodicals · rare books · special collections · donations · bequests · cataloguing · procurement · interlibrary
Land under jurisdiction
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
capture · appropriation · colonization · expansion · spoils · plunder · dominion · subjugation
takeover
Assuming command of something
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- mergerCorporate combination
- due diligencePre-transaction reasonable care
synergy · consolidation · integration · divestiture · deal-making · negotiation · bid · hostile · friendly · leveraged buyout
artifacts
Human-made historical objects
- antiquesValuable old items
- specimensRepresentative items for examination
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
relics · rarities · memorabilia · archives · exhibits · treasures · curiosities · ephemera · philately · numismatics
real estate
Land and its structures
deed · title · parcel · acreage · tract · plot · leasehold · freehold · tenement · realty
accessions
Items added to collection
manuscripts · periodicals · rare books · special collections · donations · bequests · cataloguing · procurement · interlibrary · endowment
territory
Land under jurisdiction
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- occupationOne's regular paid work
seizure · capture · appropriation · colonization · expansion · spoils · plunder · dominion · subjugation · cession
- economic policymonetary policy, tax policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint
- investingstocks, stock, bonds, investing, investor
- business partnershipsjoint ventures, co-branding, consortia, licensing deals, alliances
- strategic managementstrategic planning, strategic objectives, strategic management, corporate strategy, business strategy
- private equityleveraged buyout, leveraged buyouts, LBO, buyouts, general partner
- FDIjoint ventures, mergers, equity stake, equity stakes, controlling interest
acquisitionsdivestitures
Sales of owned assets
disposals · sales · divestments · spin-offs · liquidations
acquisitionslosses
Things subtracted from standing
relinquishments · surrenders · forfeitures · abandonments · giveaways
acquisitionsdivestitures
Sales of owned assets
downsizing · contractions · reductions · breakups · dismantling
- 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