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acquisition 音标拼音: [ ,ækwəz'ɪʃən] n. 获得,添加物品 获得,添加物品 acquisition获取 acquisition获取 撷取 acquisition n 1: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; " the acquisition of wealth"; " the acquisition of one company by another" 2: something acquired; " a recent acquisition by the museum" 3: the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; " the child' s acquisition of language" [ synonym: { learning}, { acquisition}] 4: an ability that has been acquired by training [ synonym: { skill}, { accomplishment}, { acquirement}, { acquisition}, { attainment}] Acquisition \ 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 purchase of one commercial enterprise by another, whether for cash, or in a trade of stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased company. Syn: buyout, takeover. [ PJC] 3. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: See { Acquirement}. [ 1913 Webster] 47 Moby Thesaurus words for " acquisition": acceptance, accession, accomplishment, accomplishments, achievement, acquirement, acquiring, acquisition of knowledge, acquisitions, admission, admittance, assets, assumption, attainment, attainments, belongings, claiming, derivation, edification, education, enlightenment, finish, gain, getting, illumination, increment, instruction, learning, liberal education, means, object, obtaining, possession, possessions, procurement, property, purchase, receipt, receival, receiving, reception, sophistication, store of knowledge, taking, taking away, taking possession, theftACQUISITION, property, contracts, descent. The act by which the personprocures the property of a thing. 2. An acquisition, may be temporary or perpetual, and be procured eitherfor a valuable consideration, for example, by buying the same; or withoutconsideration, as by gift or descent. 3. Acquisition may be divided into original and derivative. Originalacquisition is procured by occupancy, 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 490; 2 Kent. Com. 289; Menstr. Leg. du Dr. Civ. Rom. Sec. 344 ; by accession, 1 Bouv. Inst. n. Sec. 499; 2 Kent., Com. 293; by intellectual labor, namely, for inventions, which are secured by patent rights and for the authorship of books, maps, and charts, which is protected by copyrights. 1. Bouv. Inst. n. 508. 4. Derivative acquisitions are those which are procured from others, either by act of law, or by act of the parties. Goods and chattels maychange owners by act of law in the cases of forfeiture, succession, marriage, judgment, insolvency, and intestacy. And by act of the parties, bygift or sale. Property may be acquired by a man himself, or by those who arein his power, for him; as by his children while minors; 1 N. Hamps. R. 28; 1United States Law Journ. 513 ; by his apprentices or his slaves. Vide Ruth. Inst. ch. 6 & 7; Dig. 41, 1, 53; Inst. 2, 9; Id. 2, 9, 3. |
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