acquirement
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Among the minor achievements of John Ringling is the acquirement of three Western railroads.
From Time Magazine Archive
As there are involved knotty questions over which the lawyers will be wrangling clear up to the Supreme Court, the acquirement of so definite a result comes near to being miraculous.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It is generally an adopted opinion," he noted disdainfully, "that genius for the fine arts is a particular gift and not an acquirement."
From Time Magazine Archive
Seneca looked upon the devotion of time and talent to the acquirement of money, beyond the measure of a man’s reasonable wants, with profound contempt.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
This, certainly, will be an incentive to its acquirement.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
