acquisitive Definition
ac·quisi·tive (ə kwiz′ə tiv)
adjective
eager to acquire; good at getting and holding wealth, etc.; grasping
Etymology: LL acquisitivus < pp. of L acquirere: see acquire
acquisitive Related Forms
ac·quis′i·tively adverb
ac·quis′i·tive·ness noun
acquisitive Synonyms
acquisitive Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- overture: Of income you've lost off acquisitive overtures wound up with.
- crime: About a third of the proceeds of acquisitive crime goes toward the purchase of heroin or crack.
- growth: The business is one of the North West's fastest growing businesses with recent acquisitive growth.
- society: We live in an acquisitive society where personal greed is accorded social respect.
- group: The acquisitive group recently forked out £ 21 million for luxury jeweler Mappin & Webb.
- client: We regularly top deals tables on the back of our practice in the corporate finance market which complements our work for established acquisitive clients.
Modifying Another Word
- highly: Another luxury deal handled by Cavendish was the sale of jewelry chain Mappin & Webb to the highly acquisitive Icelandic investor Baugur.
- very: He appears to have been very acquisitive in his ability to obtain prebends holding many during his life.
- increasingly: From here however, the company became increasingly acquisitive and ambitious.
- particularly: What are the links between drug use and crime, particularly acquisitive crime?
Used with adjective complement
become: I do slightly wonder whether maintaining this sort of list externally actually encourages you to become more acquisitive.
Browse dictionary entries near acquisitive
- ‹ acquisition
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- ‹ acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- ‹ acquired character
- ‹ acquired
- ‹ acquire
- ‹ acquiescent
- ‹ acquiescence
- ‹ acquiesce
- ‹ acquainted (with)
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