Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Acquisition \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}.

Source : WordNet®

acquisition
     n 1: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession
          of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the
          acquisition of one company by another"
     2: something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum"
     3: the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the
        child's acquisition of language" [syn: {learning}]
     4: an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: {skill},
         {accomplishment}, {acquirement}, {attainment}]