What does acquisition in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word acquisition in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use acquisition in French.

The word acquisition in French means purchase, acquisition, data acquisition, acquire, buy, purchase, merger and acquisition, commitment to buy. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word acquisition

purchase

nom féminin (achat)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'acquisition de leur nouvelle maison a nécessité un emprunt sur 20 ans.
They needed to take out a twenty-year loan for the purchase of their new house.

acquisition

nom féminin (intégration)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'acquisition de ces connaissances par les étudiants s'est avérée longue et difficile.
The students' acquisition of this knowledge was hard-won and took a long time.

data acquisition

nom féminin (numérisation en série) (Computing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'acquisition de données représente l'interface entre l'ordinateur et le capteur.

acquire, buy, purchase

(acheter [qch])

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

merger and acquisition

nom féminin (achat de société par fusion) (business)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Notre société procéda à une fusion-acquisition du concurrent.

commitment to buy

nom féminin (engagement d'acquérir [qch])

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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