acquiring

Synonyms:

getting

Examples:

Norman Conquest

the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066)

Types:

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acquisition

the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

obtainment, obtention

the act of obtaining

catching, contracting

becoming infected

appropriation

a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner

moving in, occupancy, occupation

the act of occupying or taking possession of a building

capture, gaining control, seizure

the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

receipt, reception

the act of receiving

pickup

the act of taking aboard passengers or freight

incurring

acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable)

moneymaking

the act of making money (and accumulating wealth)

annexation

the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation

pork-barreling

acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale

purchase

the acquisition of something for payment

acceptance

the act of taking something that is offered

succession, taking over

acquisition of property by descent or by will

assumption, laying claim

the act of taking possession of or power over something

heritage, inheritance

hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

procural, procurance, procurement

the act of getting possession of something

adoption, borrowing

the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

pre-emption, preemption

a prior appropriation of something

seizure

the taking possession of something by legal process

usurpation

wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)

preoccupancy, preoccupation

the act of taking occupancy before someone else does

requisition, sequestration

seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody

the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

conquering, conquest, subjection, subjugation

the act of conquering

enslavement

the act of making slaves of your captives

regaining, restitution, restoration, return

getting something back again

buyout

acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock

Type of:

act, deed, human action, human activity

something that people do or cause to happen