acquirement

From acquire +‎ -ment.

acquirement (countable and uncountable, plural acquirements)

1. (now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment. [from 17th c.]
   • (Can we date this quote?) Hayward?:

     […] his acquirements by industry were […] enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature […]

2. The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition. [from 17th c.]
   • 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein:

     One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought […].

   • (Can we date this quote?) Joseph Addison:

     […] rules for the acquirement of a taste […]

   • 1952, Annual report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army

     At best, a considerable time elapses between authorization and land acquirement, during which land values may vary impredictably.

• (act of acquiring, or that which is acquired): acquisition