acquirer

UK: /əˈkwaɪərə^r/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ac•quire /əˈkwaɪr/   v. [~ + object] , -quired, -quir•ing. 

1. to get possession of, or gain through one's efforts:
   acquired two new paintings; acquired new skills.

ac•quir•a•ble, adj. 
ac•quire•ment, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ac•quire  (ə kwī^ər′), v.t., -quired, -quir•ing. 

1. to come into possession or ownership of;
   get as one's own:
   to acquire property.
2. to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts:
   to acquire learning.
3. Linguistics to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element).
4. Military to locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar.

• Latin
• Middle French aquerre
• Latin acquīrere to add to one's possessions, acquire (ac- ac- + -quīrere, combining form of quaerere to search for, obtain); replacing late Middle English aquere
• 1400–50

ac•quir′a•ble, adj. 
ac•quir′a•bil′i•ty, n. 
ac•quir′er, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. See get. 
• 2. win, earn, attain; appropriate.