acquirement

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English acquire Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English acquirement From acquire + -ment.

1. Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.

   “[…] his acquirements by industrie were […] enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.”

   “If she can think, that the part she has had in your education, and your own admirable talents and acquirements, are to be thrown away upon such a worthless creature as Solmes, I could heartily quarrel with her.”

2. The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.

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

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