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Noun acquiring has 1 sense

• acquiring(n = noun.act) getting - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"
is a kind of act, deed, human action, human activity
has particulars: acquisition, obtainment, obtention, catching, contracting, appropriation, moving in, occupancy, occupation, capture, gaining control, seizure, receipt, reception, pickup
Derived form verb acquire₁

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Acquisition

N acquisition, gaining, obtainment, procuration, procurement, purchase, descent, inheritance, gift, recovery, retrieval, revendication, replevin, restitution, redemption, salvage, trover, find, trouvaille, foundling, gain, thrift, money-making, money grubbing, lucre, filthy lucre, pelf, loaves and fishes, the main chance, emolument, profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit, avails, income, proceeds, produce, product, outcome, output, return, fruit, crop, harvest, second crop, aftermath, benefit, sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool, pot, wealth, subreption, obreption, stealing, acquiring, acquired, profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative, lucri causa.

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