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acquisitions


Meanings
  • Noun

    The act of gaining or obtaining something, especially something material or financial.

    - "The company's acquisitions have significantly increased its market share."
    - "His acquisitions included several valuable pieces of art."
  • Noun

    The process of buying a business.

    - "The merger and acquisitions market is expected to grow in the coming years."
    - "The company's acquisitions strategy has been successful."

Antonyms

abandonment
Synonyms

accession , acquirement , accession , procurement
Rhymes
Words rhyming with acquisitions
acquiesce , access , aces , acesse , acessez
Variants
List of all variants of acquisitions that leads to same result
acquisition , acquisitional , acquisitions , acquisitor , acquisitors
Etymology
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From the Latin word 'acquiro,' meaning 'to buy,' or 'to obtain.'


Trivia
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  1. The largest acquisition in history was when Vodafone Group bought Hutchison Whampoa's stake in Hutchison Essar for $111.1 billion in 2007.

  2. The word 'acquisition' comes from the Latin word 'acquiro,' which means 'to buy' or 'to obtain'.


Related Concepts
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  1. Mergers and acquisitions: The consolidation of two or more businesses into one.

  2. Corporate acquisition: The process of one company buying another.


Quotes
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  1. The gifting of books, too, endured as a legacy of our book hunting. I quickly learned not to ask for newly published books as birthday or Christmas presents, since they provided my father with too little of a challenge. The measure of a gift's value was the amount of thought and effort that went into its "acquisition".

    - Charles Mitchell,{it}Bloomsbury Review{/it},November/December 2002
  2. McKnight and Ward, free-agent "acquisitions" who each have only one full season as a starter, have brought much-needed speed to the position. But rookie Chris Chambers, a second-round draft pick from Wisconsin, is the jewel.

    - Jeffri Chadiha,{it}Sports Illustrated{/it},1 Oct. 2000
  3. Steven Schwartzman, the billionaire CEO of Blackstone, suffers no personal liquidity problems. But his firm, and others like it—have had to call off a series of proposed "acquisitions" because they can't get financing.

    - Daniel Gross,{it}Newsweek{/it},3 Mar. 2008

Culture
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Acquisitions have been a significant part of business strategy for centuries. They allow companies to expand their operations, enter new markets, and gain access to new technologies. In literature, acquisitions are often used as a metaphor for gaining knowledge or experience.

How to Memorize "acquisitions"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize the act of buying or gaining something.
    - Imagine yourself making a purchase or obtaining a new possession.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word with the idea of buying or gaining.
    - Think of the word 'acquisition' as meaning 'purchase' or 'gain'.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'Acquiring New Things,' or ANT, to remember the definition.


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