Bailment describes a legal relationship in common law where physical possession of personal property, or a chattel, is transferred from one person (the bailor) to another person (the bailee) who subsequently has possession of the property.
language acquisition. the process of learning a native or a second language. The acquisition of native languages is studied primarily by developmental psychologists and psycholinguists.
acquisition. 1  the act of acquiring or gaining possession:the acquisition of real eatate. 2  something acquired; addition:a recent acquisition to the museum. 3  Linguisticsthe act or process of achieving mastery of a language or a linguistic rule or element:child language acquisition; second language acquisition.