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What does acquisition mean?

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Noun
  1. The act or process of acquiring.
  2. The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
  3. (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
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A company with plenty of ready cash can invest in its future growth, perhaps by making an acquisition or funding research and development.
The acquisition of reading and writing skills was a socially selective process.
It was also used by the RAF for airfield defence, making it a fitting acquisition for the Yorkshire Air Museum.
The acquisition of land not only gave social respectability but also wealth.
The value, in effect, has been a recoupment of the price paid for the acquisition of the shares in the first place.
This is due to our recent acquisition of a fridge, a new sound system for my Timothy's computer and a laser printer for myself.

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