acquisitions

Noun

acquisition (countable and uncountable, plural acquisitions)

1. The act or process of acquiring.
   • The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.

   Synonyms:

   accession, acquirement, procuration, procurement, obtainment

2. The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
   • That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.

   Synonyms:

   accession, acquirement

3. The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.