acquisition by purchase

  • 1acquisition — ac·qui·si·tion /ˌa kwə zi shən/ n 1: the act or action of acquiring; specif: the obtaining of controlling interest in a company compare merger, takeover 2: a thing gained or acquired …

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  • 2acquisition — noun 1) the boat is a new acquisition Syn: purchase, buy, gain, accession, addition, investment, possession 2) the acquisition of funds Syn: obtaining, acquirement, gaining, earning …

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  • 3acquisition — noun 1) a new acquisition Syn: purchase, addition, investment, possession; informal buy 2) the acquisition of funds Syn: obtaining, collection, gaining, earning, winning, securing …

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  • 4Purchase — Pur chase (?; 48), n. [OE. purchds, F. pourchas eager pursuit. See {Purchase}, v. t.] 1. The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I ll . . . get meat to have thee, Or lose my life in the purchase. Beau. & Fl.… …

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  • 5Purchase criminal — Purchase Pur chase (?; 48), n. [OE. purchds, F. pourchas eager pursuit. See {Purchase}, v. t.] 1. The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I ll . . . get meat to have thee, Or lose my life in the purchase. Beau. & …

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  • 6Purchase money — Purchase Pur chase (?; 48), n. [OE. purchds, F. pourchas eager pursuit. See {Purchase}, v. t.] 1. The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I ll . . . get meat to have thee, Or lose my life in the purchase. Beau. & …

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  • 7Acquisition Initiation (ISPL) — Acquisition initiation is the first process within the Information Services Procurement Library and is executed by the customer organization, intending to procure Information Services.Two main activities lie within this process: the making of the …

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  • 8ACQUISITION — (Heb. קִנְיָן; kinyan) the act whereby a person voluntarily obtains legal rights. In Jewish law almost all kinds of rights, whether proprietary (jus in rem) or contractual (jus in personam; see obligations ), can be voluntarily acquired only by… …

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  • 9Purchase (disambiguation) — Purchase may refer to:*Names of persons **Zac Purchase, a British rower. *Names of places **SUNY Purchase, a public college in the State University of New York system **Purchase, New York, USA*Territorial purchases in history **Gadsden Purchase,… …

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  • 10Acquisition — Ac qui*si tion, n. [L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere: cf. F. acquisition. See {Acquire}.] 1. The act or process of acquiring. [1913 Webster] The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: (Business, Finance) The… …

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