#acquiring__getting  the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring new friends"; "did you hear about his getting a car?"
  supertype:  deed__feat__effort__exploit  a notable achievement: "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"
  subtype:  acquisition  the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"
     subtype:  incurring  acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable): "incurring debts is easier than paying them"
     subtype:  moneymaking  the act of making money (and accumulating wealth)
     subtype:  pork-barreling  acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale: "keeps his hold on his constituents through unashamed pork-barreling"
     subtype:  purchase  the acquisition of something for payment; "they closed the purchase with a handshake"
        subtype:  repurchase__redemption__buyback  purchasing back something previously sold
        subtype:  buying__purchasing  the act of buying; "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge"
           subtype:  shopping  searching for or buying goods or services: "went shopping for a reliable plumber"; "does her shopping at the mall rather than down town"
              subtype:  marketing  shopping at a market: "does the weekly marketing at the supermarket"
           subtype:  mail-order_buying__catalog_buying__catalogbuying  buying goods to be shipped through the mail
           subtype:  viatication__viaticus  purchasing insurance policies for cash from terminally ill policy holders
     subtype:  acceptance  the act of taking something that is offered; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer"
     subtype:  taking_over__succession  acquisition of property by descent or by will
     subtype:  laying_claim__assumption  the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"
     subtype:  inheritance__heritage  hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
     subtype:  procurement__procurance__procural  the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies"
     subtype:  regaining__restitution__return__restoration  getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
        subtype:  clawback  (British) finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way; "the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received"
     subtype:  buyout  acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock
        subtype:  leveraged_buyout__leveragedbuyout  a buyout using borrowed money; the target company's assets are usually security for the loan
           subtype:  bust-up_takeover  a leveraged buyout in which the target company's assets are sold to repay the loan that financed the takeover
        subtype:  strategic_buyout__strategicbuyout  an acquisition based on analysis of the benefits of consolidation in anticipation of increased earning power
        subtype:  takeover  a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation
           subtype:  hostile_takeover__hostiletakeover  a takeover that is resisted by the management of the target company
           subtype:  friendly_takeover  a takeover that is welcomed by the management of the target company
  subtype:  obtainment__obtention  the act of obtaining
  subtype:  contracting__catching  becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
  subtype:  appropriation  a deliberate act of acquisition
     subtype:  borrowing.appropriation__adoption  the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
        subtype:  misappropriation  wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"
     subtype:  preemption__pre-emption__preemption  a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"
     subtype:  seizure  the taking possession of something by legal process
        subtype:  confiscation__arrogation  seizure by the government
           subtype:  expropriation  depriving an owner of property by taking it for public use
        subtype:  distraint__distress  the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
        subtype:  impoundment__impounding__internment__poundage  placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
        subtype:  impress__impres  the act of coercing someone into government service
        subtype:  recapture  a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
     subtype:  sequestration__requisition  seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized
  subtype:  occupancy__occupation__taking_possession__moving_in  the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"
     subtype:  preoccupancy  the act of taking occupancy before someone else does
  subtype:  gaining_control__gainingcontrol__capture__seizure  the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
     subtype:  usurpation  seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force
     subtype:  apprehension__arrest__catch__collar__pinch__taking_into_custody  the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
     subtype:  conquering__conquest__subjection__subjugation  the act of conquering
        instance:  Norman_Conquest
     subtype:  enslavement  the act of making slaves of your captives
  subtype:  reception.acquiring  the act of receiving
  subtype:  pickup  the act of taking aboard passengers or freight

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