Definition of Reacquisition

1. Noun. A second or subsequent acquisition. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reacquisition

1. acquisition [n -S] - See also: acquisition

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reacquisition

reacknowledge
reacknowledged
reacknowledges
reacknowledging
reacquaint
reacquaintance
reacquaintances
reacquainted
reacquainting
reacquaints
reacquire
reacquired
reacquired stock
reacquires
reacquiring
reacquisition (current term)
reacquisitions
react
reactance
reactances
reactant
reactants
reacted
reacting
reaction
reaction-propulsion engine
reaction centre
reaction engine
reaction formation
reaction intermediate

Literary usage of Reacquisition

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1891)
"The apparent reacquisition of a digit, for example, might be due to the fact that the ancestor of the poly- dactyl form had not been preserved. ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"161, 162) dissented from this view on the ground that there is no known case among insects of a reacquisition after loss of these organs. ..."

3. The United States in the World War by John Bach McMaster (1918)
"... and that France was responsible for this by her refusal to negotiate on the basis of her renunciation of the reacquisition of Alsace- Lorraine. ..."

4. Cases on Business Law by William Everett Britton, Ralph Stanley Bauer (1922)
"By passing title to a holder in due course and reacquiring, does he become a holder in due course? Under the common law he did not, by such reacquisition, ..."

5. Lectures on diseases of the nervous system by Samuel Wilks (1878)
"But there are still further points of interest in this case not yet alluded to, and one is the reacquisition of language after it had been lost. ..."

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