### acquired habit:

Self discipline
* is an acquired habit
  - discipline
  - the basis of all self change
* major factor in distant education.
* prerequisite for integrity and essential to the exercise of responsibility.

### acquired skill:

Time management
* addresses various tasks, habits, and time-wasting perceptions and feelings.
* allows for a person to set aside time for a particular task.
* biggie - getting projects done on time, for example.
* career skill.
* common problem in today's fast-moving business environment.
* critical component of workflow-based process management.
* is actually self management
  - also another way of reducing stress
* is an acquired skill
  - essential skill for every person in today's hectic world of work
* is an important aspect of the study habits of college students
  - element in learning to juggle school, family and work
  - leadership skill
  - skill for college students to learn
  - tool in the world of work
  - dealt with as it relates to the role of wife, mother, and Christian worker
  - different for men and women
  - essential to an individual's success
  - largely a product of personal organization
  - life management
  - more than counting every minute of the day to see that none was wasted
* is one of the biggest challenges people have in their lives
  - keys to success in college and throughout life
  - most important skills a student needs to be successful in college
  - really self-management and it begins with making choices
  - self-control
* is the key to life
  - successful post-emergent herbicides
  - science of how to use the hours in a day more efficiently
  - ultimate in self-improvement
* key function of employee productivity.
* personal form of scheduling time effectively.
* plays a key role in a college athlete to achieve success.
* skill of life-long importance.
* skill that is essential for an officer in the military to possess
  - many small business owners lack
  - takes constant practice

### acquired taste:

Arabic coffee
* has a reputation as the best variety, and used in most specialty coffees.
* is an acquired taste.

### acquisition:

Buyout
* are an important way to reduce the risk of future disasters.
* is an acquisition
  - buying

### acquisition:

Procurement
* are acquisitions
  - often the means by which the grantee transfers programmatic work to a third party
* describes a process that encompasses purchasing but also goes far beyond it
  - the process of sales or acquisitions between two parties
* has a very significant effect on the environment.
* involves the expenditure of public funds.
* is also about the application of commercial skills throughout a project
  - one IT area in which the transit industry lags behind
* is the encouragement of adultery
  - least equitably distributed of all types of federal funds
  - method by which a contractor's services are obtained
  - only area where government agencies can get sued
* palette of services and solutions designed around customers' needs.
* process with many customers.
* refers to governmental purchases and contracts.

### acquisition | procurement:

Government procurement
* accounts for a significant proportion of world trade and economic activity.
* is notoriously susceptible to corruption.
* potentially lucrative sector for small and mid-size companies.

Public procurement
* can also play an important role in strengthening demand for recycled products.
* major part of the European economy.
* represents a major source of demand for goods and services in most countries.

### acquisition | purchase:

Buyback
* are buying.
* benefit stockholders in a number of ways.
* encourage criminals to steal guns.
* increase earnings and the value of shares.

Stock buyback
* are purchases.
* can be accretive to earnings.
* increase an investor's earnings and the value of shares.