Acquisition

Acquisition may refer to:


 * Takeover, the purchase of one company by another
 * Mergers and acquisitions, transactions in which the ownership of companies or their operating units are transferred or consolidated with other entities
 * Procurement, finding, agreeing terms and acquiring goods, services or works from an external source
 * Library acquisitions, department of a library responsible for the selection and purchase of materials
 * Military acquisition, the process of acquiring products for national defense
 * Acquiring bank, a bank or financial institution that processes credit or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant
 * Acquisition (forensic process), the creation of a disk image for use in digital forensics
 * Acquisition (linguistic), process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language
 * Acquisition (psychology), learning
 * Acquisition stage, the time during which a conditional response first appears and when it increases in frequency
 * Acquisition (Star Trek: Enterprise)