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Examples of acquisition in a Sentence
- Steven Schwartzman, the billionaire CEO of Blackstone, suffers no personal liquidity problems. But his firm, and others like it—have had to call off a series of proposed acquisitions because they can't get financing. —Daniel Gross, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2008
- The gifting of books, too, endured as a legacy of our book hunting. I quickly learned not to ask for newly published books as birthday or Christmas presents, since they provided my father with too little of a challenge. The measure of a gift's value was the amount of thought and effort that went into its acquisition. —Charles Mitchell, Bloomsbury Review, November/December 2002
- Although some believe that the rise of advertising and strip malls have fostered slavish devotion to shopping where it didn't exist before, Hine posits that the acquisition of objects has a firm place in humanity's history. —Publishers Weekly, 7 Oct. 2002
- McKnight and Ward, free-agent acquisitions who each have only one full season as a starter, have brought much-needed speed to the position. But rookie Chris Chambers, a second-round draft pick from Wisconsin, is the jewel. —Jeffri Chadiha, Sports Illustrated, 1 Oct. 2000
the country's acquisition of new ships
The big company's newest acquisition is a small chain of clothing stores.
The museum has put its latest acquisitions on display.
Recent Examples of acquisition from the Web
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All came out to support the Guggenheim’s recent acquisitions to its permanent collection through the Young Collectors Council Art Fund.
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Content portals like Lycos, GeoCities, and Broadcast.com enjoyed multi-billion-dollar acquisitions.
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The shares closed at $33.51 on March 23, the last trading day before Berkshire made the acquisition talks public.
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Despite losing in the second round to the Mercury, Connecticut is hoping the new draft acquisitions and the young core the team currently has will give the team a chance to make a serious run in the playoffs.
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Land acquisition negotiations are exempt from the Open Meetings Act, and the board would have been allowed to discuss the proposal in executive session.
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Now, Zillow is going to start playing the role of investor, bidding on homes in Las Vegas and Phoenix using cash from its balance sheet to finance acquisitions.
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These acquisitions make Amazon increasingly well-positioned to capitalize on the growing smart home market.
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County officials estimated the total cost at $14.3 million, including engineering, right of way acquisition and construction inspection.
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acquisition Synonyms
Financial Definition of ACQUISITION
acquisition
What It Is
An acquisition is the purchase of all or a portion of a corporate asset or target company.
How It Works
An acquisition is commonly mistaken with a merger – which occurs when the purchaser and the target both cease to exist and instead form a new, combined company.
When a target company is acquired by another company, the target company ceases to exist in a legal sense and becomes part of the purchasing company. Acquisitions are commonly made by using cash or debt to purchase outstanding stock, but companies can also use their own stock by exchanging it for the target firm's stock. Acquisitions can be either hostile or friendly.
For example:
Let's assume Company XYZ wants to acquire Company ABC. Company XYZ starts to buy ABC shares on the open market, but once Company XYZ acquires 5% of ABC, it must formally (and publicly) declare to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) how many shares it owns. Company XYZ must also state whether it intends to buy ABC or just hold its existing shares as an investment.
If Company XYZ wants to proceed with the acquisition, it will make a "tender offer" to ABC's board of directors, followed by an announcement to the press. The tender offer will indicate, among other things, how much Company XYZ is willing to pay for ABC and how long ABC shareholders have to accept the offer.
Once the tender offer is made, ABC can accept (1) the terms of the offer, (2) negotiate a different price, (3) use a "poison pill" or other defense to avert the deal, or (4) find another company, who hopefully will pay as much or more as XYZ is offering, to buy them.
If ABC accepts the offer, regulatory bodies then review the transaction to ensure the combination does not create a monopoly or other anti-competitive circumstances within the industries involved. If the regulatory bodies approve the transaction, the parties exchange funds and the deal is closed.
Why It Matters
Companies acquire target companies as a growth strategy because it can create a bigger, more competitive, and more cost-efficient entity. This synergy -- the idea that the two companies together are more valuable to the shareholders than they are apart -- is elusive, but it is the idea used to justify most acquisitions. A well-executed acquisition can be the crowning jewel of a CEO's career.
Knowing how to analyze acquisitions can put individual investors in a great position to profit from the stock price fluctuations that accompany them.
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ACQUISITION Defined for Kids
Definition of acquisition for Students
1
: the act of gaining especially through effort
- the acquisition of knowledge
2
: something gained especially through effort
- The museum's new acquisitions
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