Ac`qui*si"tion (#), n. [L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere: cf. F. acquisition. See Acquire.]
1.
The act or process of acquiring.
The acquisition or loss of a province.
Macaulay.
2.
The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.
Syn. -- See Acquirement.
© Webster 1913.