acquisitionn.

Brit.

/ˌakwᵻˈzɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌækwəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English acquisicion, Middle English acquysicion, Middle English adquisicion, Middle English adquisicyoun, Middle English adquysicyoun, Middle English adquysycion, 1500s acquysityon, 1500s– acquisition; also Scottish pre-1700 acquisicioun.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French acquisition; Latin acquīsītiōn-, acquīsītiō.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French acquisition, Middle French acquisicion, aquisicion, aquisition (French acquisition ) action of acquiring something (1283 in Old French), thing which is or has been acquired (a1357) and its etymon classical Latin acquīsītiōn-, acquīsītiō action of acquiring (2nd cent. a.d. in legal context), in post-classical Latin also thing which has been acquired (5th cent.; frequently from 12th cent. in British sources) < acquīsīt- , past participial stem of acquīrere acquire v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Spanish acquisición (c1250 as †acquisitión), Italian acquisizione (a1330 as †acquisitione).In quot. c1400 at sense 1 after post-classical Latin populus acquisitionis (Vulgate), itself after Hellenistic Greek λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν a people that has become (God's) possession, God's elect people (New Testament: 1 Peter 2:9); compare Hellenistic Greek λαὸς περιούσιος especial people, peculiar people (Septuagint, New Testament), denoting both the Jews and the Christians (as God's chosen people under the Old and the New Covenants respectively). With the forms in ad- compare ad- prefix.

1. The action or an act of acquiring something; (also) the fact or condition of being acquired.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun]

purchasec1325

gettingc1384

acquisitionc1400

accroaching?a1439

acquesta1456

encheving1470

obtaining1470

acquiring1531

procuring1532

obtainment1536

acquiry1549

conquest1556

acquist1613

assecution1615

obtention1624

acquirement1641

obtainal1803

obtainance1846

c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: 1 Pet. (Selwyn) (1904) ii. 9 Ȝe beþ a kynde y-chose..a pepel of adquysicyoun [L. populus acquisitionis]..þilke þat weren no pupel, now þei beþ Goddes pepel.

a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 2 Thess. ii. 14 He callide ȝou þurgh oure euangelye in to þe adquysycion [E.V. getynge; L. acquisitionem] of þe glorye of oure lord iesu crist.

a1460 tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Helm.) (1999) 89 (MED) Good lyfe is acquysicion [Fr. acquisition] and dispence modered.

?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth i. f. 70^v Neyther to acquysityon of vertue nor expulsyon of vice.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xviii. 30 No doubt the shepheards..trade [was] the first art of lawfull acquisition or purchase, for at those daies robbery was a manner of purchase.

1608 Bp. J. King Serm. St. Maries Oxf. 11 Some reigne by vsurpation,..some by acquisition.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xix. 96 Versed more in the acquisition of Wealth than of Knowledge.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 522. ⁋1 They are immediately sated with Possession, and must necessarily fly to new Acquisitions of Beauty.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iv. 78 Neither is it offered to our Acceptance, but to our Acquisition.

1834 H. Rogers in E. Burke Wks. I. Introd. p. iii A tenacious memory, and an unrivalled facility of acquisition,—these appear, in his early years, to have been his chief attributes of mind.

1876 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life ii. ii. 61 Work involves the acquisition of new habits.

1941 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 49 835 In the second period there was a similar wave of mergers and acquisitions, causing the disappearance of many concerns in manufacturing.

1971 D. Crystal Linguistics 257 Alternative theories of language acquisition are much needed.

2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 Aug. c3/1 The acquisition is the second Indian takeover of a British company in two days.

2. A thing which (or occasionally person who) is or has been acquired; a new or additional attainment, accomplishment, or possession. In later use esp. = accession n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > that which is obtained or acquired

strainc950

i-winc1000

winc1175

winninga1300

purchasec1325

by-gatec1330

getc1390

gettingc1400

acquisition1477

conquest1556

gleaning1576

acquiring1606

acquest1622

acquist1635

attain1661

obtainment1829

acquiree1950

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 27 Trouble not thy selfe gretly, with wordely acquisicions [Fr. acquisitions].

1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xiv. 58 Incident acquisitions be they rentes, customes, tenthes, quinziesmes taxes, [etc.].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 13 Then, as my guest [v.r. gift], and thine owne acquisition Worthily purchas'd, take my daughter.

1686 R. Burton (title) View of the English acquisitions in Guinea.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 77. ⁋11 Writers whose powers & acquisitions place them high in the rank of literature.

1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. VIII. 278 They had offered to immolate at the same shrine the most valuable of the national acquisitions.

1809 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 174 A great classical scholar is an ornament and an important acquisition to his country.

1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive in Ess. 89 Acquisitions made by the arms of the State belong to the State alone.

1887 N. Kempner Commonsense Socialism xivi. 282 No acquisition would be allowed to remain in the acquisitor's family after his death.

1902 Country Life 29 Mar. 409/2 Jacques..is an acquisition, cheerful, industrious, devoted, and, above all, a master of music.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1018 Amphibians—the first animals to have fingers and toes, a movable tongue,..and other important acquisitions.

2002 Ashmolean Ann. Rep. 4 Among a rich haul of new acquisitions are..two Bronze Age gold hair-rings.

3. Chiefly Military. The initial location of a target or source by radar or other tracking system. Cf. acquire v. 6.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun] > radar system > location of target

lock-on1946

acquisition1947

1947 Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 26 307 A narrow beam antenna suitable for accurate tracking has a very limited field of view and requires additional facilities for target acquisition.

1973 New Scientist 25 Oct. 267/1 Initial target acquisition is carried out by a vehicle-mounted radar.

1991 Air Force Mag. June 72/2 The ‘Low Blow’ radar used for target monitoring and missile control has an acquisition range of 68 miles.

2001 S. Coonts America (2002) 292 The torpedoes were curving in behind in a tail chase... Alas, he had not managed to get outside their acquisition zone.

2006 E. Rasimus Palace Cobra (2007) 29 Put a heat source..under the pipper and the missile seeker head would see it and confirm acquisition with a buzz or growl.

Compounds

acquisition accounting n. the accounting procedures followed when one company is taken over by another; spec. a procedure in accounting in which the value of the assets of a company is changed from book to fair market level after a takeover.

ΚΠ

1957 B. D. Woodside Particular S.E.C. Merger Considerations 15 Usually the parties involved know when they have a marginal case and arrange a discussion before printing rather than risk a conflict in views which might require reprinting to reflect, for example, ‘acquisition accounting’ rather than a ‘pooling of interests’ solution.

1999 Evening Standard (Nexis) 3 Mar. 35 Their love affair with conglomerates ended at the beginning of this decade when acquisition accounting rules changed and it became clear that accounting had been as important as efficiency in delivering the earnings growth for which the conglomerates were renowned.

2009 W. Tilson & G. Tongue More Mortgage Meltdown xi. 238 The biggest abuse in accounting today, often legally, is in acquisition accounting.

Derivatives

acquiˈsitional adj. of, relating to, or characterized by acquisition.

ΚΠ

1832 R. Cooney Compend. Hist. New Brunswick Introd. 4 The acquisitional character of our Colonies..frequently excited the envy of our maritime rivals.

1887 Marquis of Salisbury Let. 23 Feb. in G. Cecil Life Marquis of Salisbury (1932) IV. 42 The national, or acquisitional feeling has been roused.

1980 Eng. World-Wide 1 275 Thus, ‘mistake’ indicates acquisitional deficiency.

1990 Observer 21 Oct. 32/1 1991 will also be a year of ‘acquisitional’ development.

2007 Big Issue 10 Sept. 22/1 His short-term sentences have been earned through dealing drugs and acquisitional crime to fund his heroin habit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	acquisition
释义	acquisitionn. Brit. /ˌakwᵻˈzɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌækwəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English acquisicion, Middle English acquysicion, Middle English adquisicion, Middle English adquisicyoun, Middle English adquysicyoun, Middle English adquysycion, 1500s acquysityon, 1500s– acquisition; also Scottish pre-1700 acquisicioun. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French acquisition; Latin acquīsītiōn-, acquīsītiō. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French acquisition, Middle French acquisicion, aquisicion, aquisition (French acquisition ) action of acquiring something (1283 in Old French), thing which is or has been acquired (a1357) and its etymon classical Latin acquīsītiōn-, acquīsītiō action of acquiring (2nd cent. a.d. in legal context), in post-classical Latin also thing which has been acquired (5th cent.; frequently from 12th cent. in British sources) < acquīsīt- , past participial stem of acquīrere acquire v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Spanish acquisición (c1250 as †acquisitión), Italian acquisizione (a1330 as †acquisitione).In quot. c1400 at sense 1 after post-classical Latin populus acquisitionis (Vulgate), itself after Hellenistic Greek λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν a people that has become (God's) possession, God's elect people (New Testament: 1 Peter 2:9); compare Hellenistic Greek λαὸς περιούσιος especial people, peculiar people (Septuagint, New Testament), denoting both the Jews and the Christians (as God's chosen people under the Old and the New Covenants respectively). With the forms in ad- compare ad- prefix. 1. The action or an act of acquiring something; (also) the fact or condition of being acquired. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] purchasec1325 gettingc1384 acquisitionc1400 accroaching?a1439 acquesta1456 encheving1470 obtaining1470 acquiring1531 procuring1532 obtainment1536 acquiry1549 conquest1556 acquist1613 assecution1615 obtention1624 acquirement1641 obtainal1803 obtainance1846 c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: 1 Pet. (Selwyn) (1904) ii. 9 Ȝe beþ a kynde y-chose..a pepel of adquysicyoun [L. populus acquisitionis]..þilke þat weren no pupel, now þei beþ Goddes pepel. a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 2 Thess. ii. 14 He callide ȝou þurgh oure euangelye in to þe adquysycion [E.V. getynge; L. acquisitionem] of þe glorye of oure lord iesu crist. a1460 tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Helm.) (1999) 89 (MED) Good lyfe is acquysicion [Fr. acquisition] and dispence modered. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth i. f. 70^v Neyther to acquysityon of vertue nor expulsyon of vice. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xviii. 30 No doubt the shepheards..trade [was] the first art of lawfull acquisition or purchase, for at those daies robbery was a manner of purchase. 1608 Bp. J. King Serm. St. Maries Oxf. 11 Some reigne by vsurpation,..some by acquisition. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xix. 96 Versed more in the acquisition of Wealth than of Knowledge. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 522. ⁋1 They are immediately sated with Possession, and must necessarily fly to new Acquisitions of Beauty. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iv. 78 Neither is it offered to our Acceptance, but to our Acquisition. 1834 H. Rogers in E. Burke Wks. I. Introd. p. iii A tenacious memory, and an unrivalled facility of acquisition,—these appear, in his early years, to have been his chief attributes of mind. 1876 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life ii. ii. 61 Work involves the acquisition of new habits. 1941 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 49 835 In the second period there was a similar wave of mergers and acquisitions, causing the disappearance of many concerns in manufacturing. 1971 D. Crystal Linguistics 257 Alternative theories of language acquisition are much needed. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 Aug. c3/1 The acquisition is the second Indian takeover of a British company in two days. 2. A thing which (or occasionally person who) is or has been acquired; a new or additional attainment, accomplishment, or possession. In later use esp. = accession n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > that which is obtained or acquired strainc950 i-winc1000 winc1175 winninga1300 purchasec1325 by-gatec1330 getc1390 gettingc1400 acquisition1477 conquest1556 gleaning1576 acquiring1606 acquest1622 acquist1635 attain1661 obtainment1829 acquiree1950 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 27 Trouble not thy selfe gretly, with wordely acquisicions [Fr. acquisitions]. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xiv. 58 Incident acquisitions be they rentes, customes, tenthes, quinziesmes taxes, [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 13 Then, as my guest [v.r. gift], and thine owne acquisition Worthily purchas'd, take my daughter. View more context for this quotation 1686 R. Burton (title) View of the English acquisitions in Guinea. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 77. ⁋11 Writers whose powers & acquisitions place them high in the rank of literature. 1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. VIII. 278 They had offered to immolate at the same shrine the most valuable of the national acquisitions. 1809 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 174 A great classical scholar is an ornament and an important acquisition to his country. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive in Ess. 89 Acquisitions made by the arms of the State belong to the State alone. 1887 N. Kempner Commonsense Socialism xivi. 282 No acquisition would be allowed to remain in the acquisitor's family after his death. 1902 Country Life 29 Mar. 409/2 Jacques..is an acquisition, cheerful, industrious, devoted, and, above all, a master of music. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1018 Amphibians—the first animals to have fingers and toes, a movable tongue,..and other important acquisitions. 2002 Ashmolean Ann. Rep. 4 Among a rich haul of new acquisitions are..two Bronze Age gold hair-rings. 3. Chiefly Military. The initial location of a target or source by radar or other tracking system. Cf. acquire v. 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun] > radar system > location of target lock-on1946 acquisition1947 1947 Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 26 307 A narrow beam antenna suitable for accurate tracking has a very limited field of view and requires additional facilities for target acquisition. 1973 New Scientist 25 Oct. 267/1 Initial target acquisition is carried out by a vehicle-mounted radar. 1991 Air Force Mag. June 72/2 The ‘Low Blow’ radar used for target monitoring and missile control has an acquisition range of 68 miles. 2001 S. Coonts America (2002) 292 The torpedoes were curving in behind in a tail chase... Alas, he had not managed to get outside their acquisition zone. 2006 E. Rasimus Palace Cobra (2007) 29 Put a heat source..under the pipper and the missile seeker head would see it and confirm acquisition with a buzz or growl. Compounds acquisition accounting n. the accounting procedures followed when one company is taken over by another; spec. a procedure in accounting in which the value of the assets of a company is changed from book to fair market level after a takeover. ΚΠ 1957 B. D. Woodside Particular S.E.C. Merger Considerations 15 Usually the parties involved know when they have a marginal case and arrange a discussion before printing rather than risk a conflict in views which might require reprinting to reflect, for example, ‘acquisition accounting’ rather than a ‘pooling of interests’ solution. 1999 Evening Standard (Nexis) 3 Mar. 35 Their love affair with conglomerates ended at the beginning of this decade when acquisition accounting rules changed and it became clear that accounting had been as important as efficiency in delivering the earnings growth for which the conglomerates were renowned. 2009 W. Tilson & G. Tongue More Mortgage Meltdown xi. 238 The biggest abuse in accounting today, often legally, is in acquisition accounting. Derivatives acquiˈsitional adj. of, relating to, or characterized by acquisition. ΚΠ 1832 R. Cooney Compend. Hist. New Brunswick Introd. 4 The acquisitional character of our Colonies..frequently excited the envy of our maritime rivals. 1887 Marquis of Salisbury Let. 23 Feb. in G. Cecil Life Marquis of Salisbury (1932) IV. 42 The national, or acquisitional feeling has been roused. 1980 Eng. World-Wide 1 275 Thus, ‘mistake’ indicates acquisitional deficiency. 1990 Observer 21 Oct. 32/1 1991 will also be a year of ‘acquisitional’ development. 2007 Big Issue 10 Sept. 22/1 His short-term sentences have been earned through dealing drugs and acquisitional crime to fund his heroin habit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1400
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