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Definition of Acquiring
1. Noun. The act of acquiring something. "He's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"
Generic synonyms: Act, Deed, Human Action, Human Activity
Specialized synonyms: Acquisition, Obtainment, Obtention, Catching, Contracting, Appropriation, Moving In, Occupancy, Occupation, Capture, Gaining Control, Seizure, Receipt, Reception, Pickup
Derivative terms: Acquire, Get, Get, Get
Definition of Acquiring
1. Verb. (present participle of acquire) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acquiring
1. acquire [v] - See also: acquire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acquiring
Literary usage of Acquiring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"Five modes of acquiring title by purchase. ... and in this sense it includes the
five following methods of acquiring a title to estates: ..."
2. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"The reason of the thing presents five possible modes of acquiring nationality,
... The first and chief mode of acquiring Nation- nationality is by birth, ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"... that would not defeat his acquiring his citizenship in the State of Illinois
at the time he actually went there in November; provided you find, ..."
4. Methods of Teaching in High Schools by Samuel Chester Parker (1915)
"acquiring motor control is important in gymnastic and shop activities, ...
acquiring skill in fingering in playing the piano or violin and learning to say ..."
5. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... That corporations shall not be precluded from taking mortgages on real estate
to secure loans or debts or from acquiring title thereto upon foreclosure ..."
6. The Friend of Peace by Noah Worcester, Massachusetts Peace Society (1821)
"CONSCRIPTION COMPARED WITH THE R^GHT OF " acquiring PROPERTY." IT has already
been observed tha; the right of "acquiring property" is declared to be ..."
7. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"Now when Greece WM becoming moro powerful, and acquiring possession of money
still mora than before, tyran- nies, generally speaking, were established in ..."
8. A Treatise on the American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands Within by Curtis Holbrook Lindley (1897)
"MANNER OF acquiring TITLE TO COAL LANDS. §501. Who may enter coal lands. § 502.
... 2For method of acquiring coal lands in Alabama, see, Circ. ..."
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