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Definition of Acquisition
Acquisition

The act or process of acquiring.

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

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Acquisition Quotations

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.
Charles Caleb Colton

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.
Bertrand Russell

Acquisition Translations

acquisition in Danish is erhvervelse, erhverv
acquisition in Dutch is acquisitie
acquisition in French is achat, acquisition
acquisition in German is Erwerb, Erfassung, Erwerbung
acquisition in Italian is rilevamento
acquisition in Norwegian is ervervelse

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