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acquirements

acquirements is the plural of acquirement.

Meaning of acquirement

Noun

acquirement (countable and uncountable, plural acquirements)

  1. (archaic, in plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
    • […] his acquirements by industrie were […] enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.1630, John Hayward, The Life, and Riagne of King Edward the Sixt, London: John Partridge, page 4
    Synonyms:
    acquisition
  2. The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
    • […] rules for the acquirement of a taste […]1712 June 29 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, June 19, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 409; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New...

Questions about acquirements

What is acquirements the plural of?
Acquirements is the plural of acquirement.

Words near acquirements in the dictionary

  1. acquired taste
  2. acquired tastes
  3. acquiree
  4. acquirees
  5. acquirement
  6. acquirements
  7. acquirenda
  8. acquirendum
  9. acquirer
  10. acquirers
  11. acquires

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