#acquisition  the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"
  supertype:  acquiring__getting  the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring new friends"; "did you hear about his getting a car?"
  subtype:  incurring  acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable): "incurring debts is easier than paying them"
  subtype:  moneymaking  the act of making money (and accumulating wealth)
  subtype:  pork-barreling  acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale: "keeps his hold on his constituents through unashamed pork-barreling"
  subtype:  purchase  the acquisition of something for payment; "they closed the purchase with a handshake"
     subtype:  repurchase__redemption__buyback  purchasing back something previously sold
     subtype:  buying__purchasing  the act of buying; "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge"
        subtype:  shopping  searching for or buying goods or services: "went shopping for a reliable plumber"; "does her shopping at the mall rather than down town"
           subtype:  marketing  shopping at a market: "does the weekly marketing at the supermarket"
        subtype:  mail-order_buying__catalog_buying__catalogbuying  buying goods to be shipped through the mail
        subtype:  viatication__viaticus  purchasing insurance policies for cash from terminally ill policy holders
  subtype:  acceptance  the act of taking something that is offered; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer"
  subtype:  taking_over__succession  acquisition of property by descent or by will
  subtype:  laying_claim__assumption  the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"
  subtype:  inheritance__heritage  hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
  subtype:  procurement__procurance__procural  the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies"
  subtype:  regaining__restitution__return__restoration  getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
     subtype:  clawback  (British) finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way; "the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received"
  subtype:  buyout  acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock
     subtype:  leveraged_buyout__leveragedbuyout  a buyout using borrowed money; the target company's assets are usually security for the loan
        subtype:  bust-up_takeover  a leveraged buyout in which the target company's assets are sold to repay the loan that financed the takeover
     subtype:  strategic_buyout__strategicbuyout  an acquisition based on analysis of the benefits of consolidation in anticipation of increased earning power
     subtype:  takeover  a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation
        subtype:  hostile_takeover__hostiletakeover  a takeover that is resisted by the management of the target company
        subtype:  friendly_takeover  a takeover that is welcomed by the management of the target company

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