Usually means: Gaining possession or ownership of.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word acquiring:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. acquiring: Merriam-Webster
  2. acquiring: Collins English Dictionary
  3. acquiring: Vocabulary.com
  4. Acquiring, acquiring: Wordnik
  5. acquiring: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. acquiring: Wiktionary
  7. acquiring: Dictionary.com
  8. acquiring: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Acquiring: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. acquiring: Rhymezone
  11. Acquiring: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. acquiring: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. acquiring: FreeDictionary.org
  14. acquiring: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. acquiring: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. acquiring: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. acquiring: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acquiring: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acquiring: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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noun:  the act of acquiring something ("I envied his talent for acquiring")


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