In a sentence
Six example sentences with acquisition, each labelled with its topic.
The acquisition of the smaller rival closed in March, and its forty employees moved into the third floor by June.
Business
The museum's acquisition of the bronze took nine months of negotiation and a loan from three private donors.
Art
The colony's acquisition of the harbor changed regional trade, since ships no longer sailed two hundred miles further south.
History
The acquisition was paid for mostly in stock, so the target's owners now hold six percent of the larger company.
Finance
For most of the founders the acquisition was the exit they had planned since the first pitch deck.
Startups
The acquisition of the chip designer gave the phone maker control over the one component it had always bought from rivals.
Technology
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Found in these word lists
Found in 5 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- Business English Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
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