Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) heritage (practices that are handed down from the past by tradition) "a heritage of freedom"
S: (n) inheritance, heritage (any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors) "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"
S: (n) acquisition (the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something) "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"
S: (n) incurring (acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable)) "incurring debts is easier than paying them"
S: (n) annexation (the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation) "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation"
S: (n) pork-barreling (acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale) "keeps his hold on his constituents through unashamed pork-barreling"
S: (n) purchase (the acquisition of something for payment) "they closed the purchase with a handshake"
S: (n) acceptance (the act of taking something that is offered) "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer"
S: (n) assumption, laying claim (the act of taking possession of or power over something) "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"
S: (n) inheritance, heritage (hereditary succession to a title or an office or property)
S: (n) procurement, procurance, procural (the act of getting possession of something) "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies"