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.
1. to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own. 2. to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts: to acquire learning. 3. to gain through experience of or exposure to something: an acquired taste. 4. Ling. to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element).