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Acquisitive :: Acquisitive (a.) Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition..

Thrifty :: Thrifty (superl.) Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic..

Quality :: Quality (n.) An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.

Getting :: Getting (n.) The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.

Get :: Get (v. i.) To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.

Studious :: Studious (a.) Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious scholar..

Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) Possession; ownership; acquisition.

Tulipomania :: Tulipomania (n.) A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips; -- a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage.

Conquest :: Conquest (n.) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

Cost :: Cost (v. t.) To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life..

Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent..

Vail :: Vail (n.) An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.

Profit :: Profit (n.) Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods..

Acquist :: Acquist (n.) Acquisition; gain.

Usucaption :: Usucaption (n.) The acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.

Acquisitively :: Acquisitively (adv.) In the way of acquisition.

Learning :: Learning (n.) The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy..

Proficiency :: Proficiency (n.) The quality of state of being proficient; advance in the acquisition of any art, science, or knowledge; progression in knowledge; improvement; adeptness; as, to acquire proficiency in music..

Gain :: Gain (v. t.) The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.

Acquest :: Acquest (n.) Acquisition; the thing gained.

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