acquisition

English Online Dictionary. What means acquisition‎? What does acquisition mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from acquirere; equivalent to acquire +‎ -ition.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/, /ˌæk.wəˈzɪʃ.ən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

acquisition (countable and uncountable, plural acquisitions)

1. The act or process of acquiring.

2. The thing acquired or gained; a gain.

3. (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.

Synonyms

• (an act of acquiring): accession, acquirement, procuration, procurement, obtainment
• (a thing acquired): accession, acquirement

Antonyms

• abandonment

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• “acquisition”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “acquisition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French acquisicion, borrowed from Latin acquisītiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ki.zi.sjɔ̃/

Noun

acquisition f (plural acquisitions)

1. acquisition (fact of acquiring)

2. acquisition (the thing obtained)
3. purchase (the act or process of seeking and obtaining something)

Related terms

• acquéreur (“purchaser”)
• acquérir (“acquire”)
• acquis (“asset”)

Further reading

• “acquisition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.