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acquisition

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
acquisition /ˌakwɪˈzɪʃ(ə)n/

▶noun

1 a recently acquired asset or object.

2 the action of acquiring.

'acquisition' also found in these Oxford entries:

acquisition accounting - aggressive - consumerism - enculturation - Machiavellian - perquisite - prelinguistic - psycholinguistics - purchase - strain - usucaption

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