According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
ACQUIREMENT
skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment
(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
acquirement (countable and uncountable, plural acquirements)
(now, rare, chiefly, in plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment. [from 17th c.]
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms
• (act of acquiring, or that which is acquired): acquisition
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*quire"ment, n.
Definition: The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. "Rules for the acquirement of a taste." Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.
Syn.
– Acquisition, Acquirement. Acquirement is used in opposition to a natural gift or talent; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are acquirements; genius is the gift or endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal attainments, in opposition to material or external things gained, which are more usually called acquisitions; but this distinction is not always observed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
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