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

Not one in a thousand approach it; not one in ten thousand attain to it, or, more properly speaking, possess it—for it is a thing of possession, rather than of acquirement.

From Memoirs of Mrs. Rebecca Steward by Steward, T. G. (Theophilus Gould)

Do not smile and tell me that this is a gift, not an acquirement.

From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Hartley, Cecil B.