English-Thai Dictionary
acquirement
N สิทธิ ใน การครอบครอง กรรมสิทธิ์ sit-ti-nai-kan-khrob-khrong
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ACQUIREMENT
n.The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. It is used in opposition to natural gifts; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are acquirement; genius, the gift of nature. it denotes especially personal attainments, in opposition to material or external things gained, Which are more usually called acquisitions; but this distinction is not always abserved.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ACQUIREMENT
ACQUIREMENT Ac *quire "ment, n.
Defn: The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. "Rules for the acquirement of a taste. " Addison. His acquirements by industry were. .. enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.
Syn. -- Acquisition, Acquirement. Acquirement is used in opposition to a natural gift or talent; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are acquirements; genius is the gift or endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal attainments, in opposition to material or external things gained, which are more usually called acquisitions; but this distinction is not always observed.
New American Oxford Dictionary
acquirement
ac quire ment |əˈkwī (ə )rmənt əˈkwaɪərmənt | ▶noun the action of acquiring: the acquirement of self control. • something acquired, typically a skill.
Oxford Dictionary
acquirement
ac ¦quire |ment |əˈkwʌɪəm (ə )nt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of acquiring something: the acquirement of self control. • [ count noun ] something acquired, typically a skill.
Oxford Thesaurus
acquirement
acquirement noun 1 her husband praised her acquirements: attainment, achievement, accomplishment, skill, art, talent, capability, qualification; proficiency, mastery. 2 they lived for the acquirement of money: acquisition, acquiring, obtaining, gaining, earning, winning, securing, procuring, procurement; collecting, collection, appropriation, amassing. ANTONYMS loss.
The Wordsmith Dictionary