the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"

Payment business relating to acceptance of credit and debit cards by shops/retailers/merchants. Also known as Merchant Services and Card Processing.

A payment card business which consists, in particular, in acquiring transaction data from a trading (or service) enterprise, redirecting this data to the data interchange system and effecting payments under the respective card transactions.

or acquisitions editor--The editor who signs a book up, then passes it on to a development editor. These roles are usually combined at children's publishing companies.