Acquisition

Acquisition may refer to:

Takeover, the purchase of one company by another
Mergers and acquisitions, transactions in which the ownership of companies or their operating units are transferred or consolidated with other entities
Procurement, finding, agreeing terms and acquiring goods, services or works from an external source
Library acquisitions, department of a library responsible for the selection and purchase of materials
Military acquisition, the process of acquiring products for national defense
Acquiring bank, a bank or financial institution that processes credit or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant
Acquisition (forensic process), the creation of a disk image for use in digital forensics
Acquisition (linguistic), process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language
Acquisition (psychology), learning
Acquisition stage, the time during which a conditional response first appears and when it increases in frequency
Acquisition (Star Trek: Enterprise)

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