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Definition: Acquiring |
AcquiringNoun1. The act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring new friends"; "did you hear about his getting a car?". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "acquiring" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonym: AcquiringSynonym: getting (n). (additional references) |
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Acquisition | Adjective: acquiring, acquired; Verb: profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative. |
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Screenplays | And I can't help this silly look on my face - I started acquiring it as you gained in social prominence! (McLintock!; writing credit: James Edward Grant) | |
Clever | Do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
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 | Dr. Richard acquiring specimens from a small plankton-sampling net. In: "From the Surface to the Bottom of the Sea" by H. Bouree, 1912, Fig.110. P. 127. Library Call Number 525.8 B77.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 49. An Ekman bottom sampler for use in zoological sampling operations. This instrument was capable of acquiring a sample from a surface area covering 500 sq cm. This device was designed by Dr. Sven Ekman of Jonkoping, Sweden in 1910. This sampler was spring-loaded and snapped shut to acquire mud and silt. Although tested in a lake, it was equally useful in the sea.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 10. Piston bottle for acquiring water from near the bottom. The inventor is unknown. However, such a bottle was constructed for the Commission of Kiel in 1870. This instrument was made by Max Marx in about 1913. Left: descending. Right: ascending.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 1. A drilled roller (round boulder) used as a sounding weight. Figure 2 . Ordinary sounding lead weight, sometimes attaining many kilograms. The lead dates from the Christian era. The trapezoidal form with a recess for tallow and acquiring bottom samples dates from a few centuries back. In this form, millio ns of sounding were made. Fig. 3. French sounding lead used in many expeditions.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Acquiring information from scientist. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Washington, D.C.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Adam Smith | The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. |
Charles Caleb Colton | Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books. |
E. M. Cioran | To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring. |
Jesse Bennett | The acquiring of culture is the development of an avid hunger for knowledge and beauty. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | We Communists have been reproached with the desire of abolishing the right of personally acquiring property as the fruit of a man's own labour, which property is alleged to be the groundwork of all personal freedom, activity and independence. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Those German nationals who without acquiring French nationality shall receive permission from the French Government to reside in the said territories shall not be subjected to the provisions of the said Article. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It is the two sexes tending to unite, and each acquiring the qualities of the other. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | We observe cats and dogs acquiring the same second nature. |
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Health | Babies are at risk of acquiring a chlamydial infection from their infected mother. (references) | |
There is a 2- to 5-fold increased risk of acquiring HIV infection when syphilis is present. (references) | ||
Recovery usually occurs gradually, with patients acquiring more and more ability to respond. (references) | ||
Business | They are also investing in or acquiring Italian companies. (references) | |
Their development strategy consists in creating European subsidiaries or acquiring local firms. (references) | ||
Brand name is very important to this sector as 60 percent of purchases go to acquiring favorite brands. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | India | The Karnataka government has proposed acquiring more than 20,000 acres of land in 168 villages. (references) |
Ukraine | Unregistered groups are prohibited from opening bank accounts, acquiring property, or entering into contracts. (references) | |
Ukraine | Crimean Tatar leaders have complained that their community has not received adequate assistance in resettling and that an onerous process of acquiring citizenship previously excluded many of them from participation in elections and from the right to take part in the privatization of land and state assets. (references) | |
Economic History | Georgia | After that Tahal will make a definitive proposal on acquiring Tbilgaz. (references) |
Vanuatu | Melanesians were barred from acquiring the citizenship of either power. (references) | |
Bangladesh | The Bangladesh Air Force is acquiring four U.S. C-130 B transport aircraft. (references) | |
Minorities | Dominican Republic | The Secretariat of Education subsequently announced it had signed an agreement with the Central Elections Commission to facilitate the acquiring of birth certificates for parents who could produce identity cards in order that all children would have birth certificates to enroll in school. (references) |
Political Economy | CZECH REPUBLIC | U.S. investors interested in starting joint ventures with or acquiring Czech firms have experienced problems with unclear ownership and lack of information on company finances. (references) |
JAPAN | The challenges facing foreign investors include: laws and regulations that hamper establishing new businesses and acquiring existing businesses, close ties between government and industry, informal exclusive buyer-supplier networks and alliances, and extensive cross-shareholding by Japanese firms. (references) | |
Trade | Guatemala | There are no delays in acquiring foreign exchange. (references) |
Poland | Most banks insist that there is no problem acquiring foreign currency. (references) | |
Luxembourg | An importer is one source for acquiring this information, at least in the initial inquiry stages. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Turkey | The Ministry of Labor reportedly manipulated membership figures to prevent unions from acquiring bargaining rights or to rescind such rights. (references) |
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James Madison | 1809-1817 | On our southwestern border the Creek tribes, who, yielding to our persevering endeavors, were gradually acquiring more civilized habits, became the unfortunate victims of seduction. |
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| "Acquiring" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 94.14% of the time. "Acquiring" is used about 630 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 94.14% | 593 | 10,733 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.28% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.95% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.63% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 630 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "acquiring": acquiring institution identification code. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "acquiring"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كسب (acquire, acquisition, attain, earn, earning, gain, gaining, get, get smth. off one's hands, harvest, obtain, obtaining, prize, profit, reap, win, winning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 获取 (Acquire, Acquired, GAIN, Gained, Gaining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | at indroemme retten til ydelser (acquiring the right to benefit), alle de parter,der deltager i overtagelsen (parties acquiring joint control), aftageridentifikationskode (acquirer identification code, acquiring institution identification code), omkostninger ved anskaffelse af anlægsaktiver (cost of acquiring fixed assets), erhvervende selskab (acquiring company), erhvervelse uden modydelse (acquiring free of charge), den overtagende institution (acquiring institution), de aktuarmæssige reserver til dækning af løbende risici hos forsikringsselskaberne kan være:-nettoreserver:dvs.udregnet på basis af nettopræmierne;-statusreserver:dvs.udregnet på basis af præmier plus alle forsikringsselskabernes administrative om (calculated on the basis of premiums including the administrative costs borne by the insurers except for the costs of acquiring contracts;-complete:that is, calculated on the basis of pure premiums;-inventory;that is, established on the basis of premiums including all administrative costs borne by the insurer, the actuarial reserves against outstanding risks held by insurers may be:-pure;that is). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wiskundige reserves voor lopende risico's bij verzekeraars kunnen zijn:-nettoreserves,d.w.z.berekend aan de hand van de nettopremies,-inventarisreserves,d.w.z.berekend aan de hand van de premies inclusief alle administratiekosten,met uitzondering van de k (calculated on the basis of premiums including the administrative costs borne by the insurers except for the costs of acquiring contracts;-complete:that is, calculated on the basis of pure premiums;-inventory;that is, established on the basis of premiums including all administrative costs borne by the insurer, the actuarial reserves against outstanding risks held by insurers may be:-pure;that is), verwervende vennootschap (acquiring company), overnemende instelling (acquiring institution), identificatiecode van de handelaar (acquirer identification code, acquiring institution identification code), het verkrijgen van het recht op uitkeringen (acquiring the right to benefit), gratis verkrijging (acquiring free of charge), degenen die gezamenlijk zeggenschap verkrijgen (parties acquiring joint control). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hankinta (acquisition, delivery, procuring, purchase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acquis (acquired). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erwerbend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κόστος απόκτησης πάγιων στοιχείων (cost of acquiring fixed assets), κωδικός λήπτου (acquirer identification code, acquiring institution identification code), η κτήση του δικαιώματος προς λήψη παροχής (acquiring the right to benefit), απόκτηση δωρεάν (acquiring free of charge), αποκτώσα εταιρεία (acquiring company), αποκτώντες κοινό έλεγχο (parties acquiring joint control), απορροφόν ίδρυμα (acquiring institution), τα μαθηματικά αποθεματικά έναντι υφιστάμενων κινδύνων,που κατέχονται από τους ασφαλιστές,μπορεί να είναι:-καθαρά,δηλαδή υπολογιζόμενα με (calculated on the basis of premiums including the administrative costs borne by the insurers except for the costs of acquiring contracts;-complete:that is, i.e.inclusive of the costs of acquiring contracts, the actuarial reserves against outstanding risks held by insurers may be:-pure;that is). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pembungaan (flowering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acquisto a titolo oneroso (acquiring free of charge), soggetti che acquisiscono il controllo in comune (parties acquiring joint control), societ acquirente (acquiring company), le riserve matematiche detenute dagli organismi assicuratori possono essere:-pure:vale a dire calcolate sulla base dei premi puri;-d'inventario:cioè calcolate sulla base dei premi caricati di tutte le spese di carattere amministrativo che gravano sugli o (calculated on the basis of premiums including the administrative costs borne by the insurers except for the costs of acquiring contracts;-complete:that is, calculated on the basis of pure premiums;-inventory;that is, established on the basis of premiums including all administrative costs borne by the insurer, i.e.inclusive of the costs of acquiring contracts, the actuarial reserves against outstanding risks held by insurers may be:-pure;that is), istituzione incorporante (acquiring institution), il sorgere del diritto alle prestazioni (acquiring the right to benefit), codice di identificazione dell'acquirente (acquirer identification code, acquiring institution identification code). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 취" (Acquisition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acquiringay as reservas matemáticas para riscos em curso detidos pelos organismos seguradores podem ser:-puras:isto é,calculadas com base nos prémios puros-de inventário:isto é,calculados com base nos prémios onerados de todos os custos de carácter administrat (calculated on the basis of premiums including the administrative costs borne by the insurers except for the costs of acquiring contracts;-complete:that is, calculated on the basis of pure premiums;-inventory;that is, established on the basis of premiums including all administrative costs borne by the insurer, i.e.inclusive of the costs of acquiring contracts, the actuarial reserves against outstanding risks held by insurers may be:-pure;that is), aquisição a título oneroso (acquiring free of charge), a aquisição do direito s prestações (acquiring the right to benefit), sociedade adquirente (acquiring company), partes adquirentes do controlo conjunto (parties acquiring joint control), custos diferidos-outros custos diferidos (cost of acquiring fixed assets, cost of loan issues). (various references) приобретать получение. (various references) adquisidor (acquire), adquiridor (acquire, acquirer). (various references) kostnader vid förvärv av anläggningstillgångar (cost of acquiring fixed assets), förvärvande av rätten till förmåner (acquiring the right to benefit). (various references) edinme (acquirement, acquisition, contraction, getting, obtaining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "acquiring": reacquiring. (additional references) | |
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"Acquiring" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aequorin, aquiring. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "acquiring" (pronounced ukwī"ring or ukwī"ering) |
| 6 | -k w ī" r i ng | quiring. |
| 5 | -w ī" r i ng | wiring. |
| 4 | -ī" r i ng | admiring, aspiring, conspiring, expiring, firing, hiring, inspiring, perspiring, rehiring, retiring, tiring, uninspiring. |
| 3 | -r i ng | adhering, adoring, airing, alluring, appearing, assuring, baring, barring, bearing, bioengineering, blaring, boring, caring, chairing, charring, cheering, childbearing, clearing, comparing, curing, daring, declaring, deploring, despairing, disappearing, domineering, during, earring, electioneering, endearing, enduring, engineering, ensuring, exploring, fearing, flaring, flooring, gearing, glaring, Goring, haring, hearing, herring, ignoring, impairing, imploring, insuring, interfering, jarring, jeering, luring, marring, maturing, ministering, mooring, nearing, obscuring, outpouring, overbearing, overhearing, overpowering, pairing, paring, peering, pioneering, poring, pouring, premiering, preparing, procuring, profiteering, racketeering, rearing, reassuring, reengineering, rehearing, repairing, restoring, roaring, scaring, scarring, scoring, searing, securing, sharing, shearing, shoring, smearing, snaring, sneering, snoring, soaring, sparing, sparring, Spearing, squaring, staring, starring, steering, stevedoring, storing, swearing, tarring, tearing, touring, uncaring, underscoring, unsparing, veering, volunteering, Waring, warring, wearing. |
| 6 | -k w ī" er i ng | inquiring, requiring. |
| 5 | -w ī" er i ng | rewiring. |
| 4 | -ī" er i ng | desiring, spiering, transpiring. |
| 3 | -er i ng | administering, altering, anchoring, angering, answering, auguring, backfiring, badgering, bantering, bartering, battering, belaboring, beleaguering, bettering, bewildering, bickering, blistering, blundering, blustering, bolstering, bordering, bothering, brokering, butchering, capturing, catering, censoring, centering, chartering, chattering, clamoring, clobbering, clustering, cluttering, coloring, configuring, conjuring, conquering, considering, cornering, countering, covering, cowering, culturing, deciphering, delivering, devouring, diapering, dickering, differing, discovering, disfavoring, disfiguring, dismembering, dithering, doctoring, doddering, embroidering, empowering, encountering, endangering, endeavoring, entering, factoring, faltering, fathering, favoring, feathering, featuring, festering, figuring, filibustering, filtering, fingering, flattering, flavoring, flickering, floundering, flowering, fluttering, fostering, foundering, fracturing, frittering, furthering, garnering, gathering, gerrymandering, gesturing, glimmering, glittering, glowering, grandfathering, guttering, hammering, hampering, hankering, harboring, hectoring, hindering, hollering, honoring, hovering, hungering, hunkering, injuring, laboring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lecturing, lettering, levering, lingering, littering, loitering, lowering, lumbering, majoring, maneuvering, manufacturing, massacring, mastering, maundering, meandering, measuring, mentoring, metering, minoring, mirroring, mitering, mongering, monitoring, mothering, motoring, murdering, murmuring, mustering, muttering, nattering, neighboring, neutering, nonmanufacturing, numbering, nurturing, offering, ordering, outnumbering, pampering, pandering, papering, partnering, peppering, perjuring, pestering, petering, philandering, picturing, pilfering, plastering, plundering, pondering, posturing, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, prospering, puncturing, puttering, quivering, recapturing, reconsidering, recovering, rediscovering, reentering, registering, rejiggering, remembering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, restructuring, rupturing, savoring, scampering, scattering, scouring, sculpturing, sequestering, severing, shattering, sheltering, shimmering, shivering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, shuttering, simmering, slaughtering, slithering, slobbering, slumbering, smattering, smoldering, smothering, snickering, sobering, soldering, soldiering, souring, spattering, splintering, sponsoring, sputtering, squandering, staggering, structuring, stuttering, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, sweltering, tailoring, tampering, tapering, teetering, tempering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, torturing, tottering, towering, triggering, tutoring, uncovering, unflattering, unwavering, ushering, uttering, venturing, wagering, wallpapering, wandering, warmongering, watering, wavering, weathering, whimpering, whispering, withering, wondering, Wuthering, zippering. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-i-n-q-r-u" | |
-2 letters: quiring. | |
-3 letters: airing, anuric, arcing, caring, curing, quinic, racing, ricing, uranic. | |
-4 letters: acing, acini, auric, cairn, cigar, cuing, curia, garni, grain, icing, incur, iring, naric, ricin, ruing, runic, uncia, unrig. | |
-5 letters: agin, airn, cain, carn, crag, curn, gain, gaun, gaur, girn, gnar, gran, grin, guan, guar, inia, narc, quag, quai, quin, ragi, rain, rang, rani, ring, ruga, ruin, rung, unai, unci, uric. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-i-i-n-q-r-u" | |
+2 letters: reacquiring. | |
+4 letters: reacquainting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 71 75 69 72 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. --.- ..- .. .-. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01110001 01110101 01101001 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c q u i r i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0071 0075 0069 0072 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356983877584758073 |
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