different between expropriation vs acquisition

English

Etymology

expropriate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ks?p?o?p?i?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

expropriation (countable and uncountable, plural expropriations)

1. The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private propriety rights.
   • c. 1648, Walter Montagu, Devout Essaies.

     The soul of man then is capable of a state of much peace and equanimity, in the exterior bands and agitations; but this capacity is rather an effect of the expropriation of our reason, then a vertue resulting from her single capacity.

Translations

See also

• eminent domain

French

Pronunciation

Noun

expropriation f (plural expropriations)

1. expropriation, confiscation, seizure
2. (law) eminent domain, compulsory purchase

Further reading

• “expropriation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquis?ti?, from acquirere; equivalent to acquire +? -ition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ.kw?.?z?.??n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

acquisition (countable and uncountable, plural acquisitions)

1. The act or process of acquiring.

   The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.

2. The thing acquired or gained; a gain.

   That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.

3. (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.

Synonyms

• (an act of acquiring): accession, procurement
• (a thing acquired): accession, acquirement

Antonyms

• abandonment

Derived terms

• macroacquisition

Translations

Further reading

• acquisition at OneLook Dictionary Search
• acquisition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Old French acquisicion, borrowed from Latin acquis?ti?, acquis?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ki.zi.sj??/

Noun

acquisition f (plural acquisitions)

1. acquisition (fact of acquiring)

2. acquisition (the thing obtained)
3. purchase (the act or process of seeking and obtaining something)

Related terms

• acquéreur (“purchaser”)
• acquérir (“acquire”)
• acquis (“asset”)

Further reading

• “acquisition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).