Synonyms for acquisition
ˌæk wəˈzɪʃ ənac·qui·si·tion

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1. acquisitionnoun

   The act or process of acquiring.

   The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.

   Synonyms:
   procurement, accession

2. acquisitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, accession

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1. acquisitionnoun

   the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

   "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, learning, attainment, accomplishment, skill

2. acquisitionnoun

   something acquired

   "a recent acquisition by the museum"

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, learning, attainment, accomplishment, skill

3. learning, acquisitionnoun

   the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

   "the child's acquisition of language"

   Synonyms:
   attainment, scholarship, eruditeness, encyclopaedism, accomplishment, learning, learnedness, erudition, acquirement, encyclopedism, skill

4. skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainmentnoun

   an ability that has been acquired by training

   Synonyms:
   science, accomplishment, learning, attainment, acquirement, skill, achievement

Matched Categories

1. • Acquiring
   • Transferred Property

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1. acquisitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   ACQUIREMENT

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1. List of paraphrases for "acquisition":

   purchase, procurement, acquisitions, purchasing, acquiring, acquire, 'acquisition, acquired, buying, takeover, purchases, buying-in, procuring, buy, catchment, purchased, securement

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1. President Brad Smith:

   Regulators don't typically get all that concerned about a company becoming number three, but we're not in the world of 2018 or 2019, it's 2022. And we recognize there will be more scrutiny of any large acquisition that is being made by a large tech company. So I think that it really behooves us to step forward quickly and proactively and be very transparent about how we will manage this business, with a clear eye toward the competition law issues and responsibilities that we have.

2. Renato Chaves:

   What I see is Embraer selling 85 percent of its revenue to Boeing, and the poison pill should apply, what they are doing is a disguised acquisition designed to avoid the poison pill.

3. Rebekah Tromble:

   The team is gone, the researchers who were signed up to the program have heard nothing from the company in months, since Musk’s acquisition.

4. Stewart Verdery:

   If [ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ] blasts you on Twitter, or if Warren talks about an acquisition as dangerous, that's going to put up a speed bump, even if the regulators might approve it, you've got antitrust by tweet as an important factor.

5. Renzo Louie Candano:

   It would be better for them not to do another acquisition at least of this scale until Smashburger and CBTL become profitable.