acquisitor

Meanings

• noun

  A person or organization that acquires or gains control of something, especially through buying or merging with another company.

  - "The acquisitor company bought out its competitors."
  - "The acquisitor's offer was accepted by the target company's board."

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Variants

List of all variants of acquisitor that leads to same result
acquisition , acquisitional , acquisitions , acquisitor , acquisitors

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'acquiro' which means 'to buy' or 'acquire'.

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Trivia

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1. The largest acquisition in history was when Vodafone acquired Hutchison Whampoa's 67% stake in Hutchison Essar for $111 billion in 2007.

2. The term 'acquisitor' is not commonly used in everyday language and is mainly used in business contexts.

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Related Concepts

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1. Merger: A merger is a type of acquisition where two companies combine to form a new entity.

2. Takeover: A takeover is a type of acquisition where one company gains control of another company, often by buying a majority of its shares.

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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

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Culture

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In business, acquisitions are a common strategy for growth and expansion. They can be used to gain access to new markets, technologies, or customer bases.

How to Memorize "acquisitor"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person or organization making a purchase or gaining control of something.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with 'buying' or 'gaining control'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Acquire' to remember the definition: 'A person or organization that Acquires Control'.

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