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Acquisition may refer to: * Takeover, the purchase of one company by another *
Mergers and acquisitions Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspect ...
, transactions in which the ownership of companies or their operating units are transferred or consolidated with other entities * Procurement, finding, agreeing terms and acquiring goods, services or works from an external source * Library acquisitions, department of a library responsible for the selection and purchase of materials * Military acquisition, the process of acquiring products for national defense * Acquiring bank, a bank or financial institution that processes credit or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant *
Acquisition (contract law) The processes of government procurement in the United States enable federal, state and local government bodies in the country to acquire goods, services (including construction), and interests in real property. In fiscal year 2019, the US Federal ...
, process by which the Federal Government of the U.S. acquires goods, services, and interests in real property *
Acquisition (forensic process) The digital forensic process is a recognized scientific and forensic process used in digital forensics investigations. Forensics researcher Eoghan Casey defines it as a number of steps from the original incident alert through to reporting of findi ...
, the creation of a disk image for use in digital forensics *
Acquisition (linguistic) Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language (in other words, gain the ability to be aware of language and to understand it), as well as to produce and use words and sentences to ...
, process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language *
Acquisition (psychology) Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals, and some machines; there is also evidence for some kind of learnin ...
, learning * Acquisition stage, the time during which a conditional response first appears and when it increases in frequency * Acquisition (''Star Trek: Enterprise'')


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Acquire ''Acquire'' is a multi-player mergers and acquisitions themed board game. It is played with tiles representing hotels that are arranged on the board, play money and stock certificates. The object of the game is to earn the most money by developi ...
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Acquire (company) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher, mainly known for their ''Tenchu'' and ''Way of the Samurai'' series. Acquire was founded on December 6, 1994, and in 1998 developed '' Tenchu: Stealth Assassins'' for the PlayStation, which turned ...
* Acquired characteristic * Acquired lands * Acquired taste * Buy (disambiguation) * Get (disambiguation) *
Taken (disambiguation) Taken may refer to: People * Floris Takens (1940-2010), Dutch mathematician Arts, entertainment, and media ''Taken'' film and television franchise * ''Taken'' (franchise), a trilogy of action films starring Liam Neeson ** ''Taken'' (film), the ...
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Taker (disambiguation) Taker may refer to: *Eminent domain *The Undertaker (born 1965), American professional wrestler and actor *Undertaker, a funeral director *''Takers'', 2010 American film *Houston Takers, American Basketball Association team *''The Taker/Tulsa'', 1 ...
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The Take (disambiguation) Take or The Take may refer to: * Take, a single continuous recorded performance * Take (hunting), any action that adversely affects a species Film * ''The Take'' (1974 film) a crime thriller * ''Take'' (film), a 2007 crime thriller * ''The T ...
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