Sentences with acquire
ac·quire
A a - General Motors acquired a 50% stake in Saab for about $400m. [VERB noun]
- I've never acquired a taste for wine. [VERB noun]
- We are especially pleased, subject to approval by the BMM shareholders, to acquire such a respected and prestigious newspaper.
- Gunns has submitted a conditional proposal to the liquidator of Timbercorp to acquire forestry assets from the collapsed agricultural projects firm.
- He has acquired a reputation as this country's premier solo violinist. [VERB noun]
- To acquire an education
- Steel company Rio Tinto PLC says it has received an offer from Sun European Partners LLP to acquire its Alcan Beauty Packaging business.
- To acquire certain traits
- To acquire property.
- To acquire learning.