Acquisition Cost. 1. The total cost for a firm to buy an asset. The acquisition cost includes all legal fees, closing costs, or other increases. Likewise, it makes allowances for discounts. Importantly, however, the acquisition cost does not include any applicable sales tax. 2.
microphone / ËmaÉªkrÉËfÉÊn / n. a device used in sound-reproduction systems for converting sound into electrical energy, usually by means of a ribbon or diaphragm set into motion by the sound waves. The vibrations are converted into the equivalent audio-frequency electric currents '
capacitor microphone, condenser microphone - microphone consisting of a capacitor with one plate fixed and the other forming the diaphragm moved by sound waves. crystal microphone - a microphone in which sound waves vibrate a piezoelectric crystal that generates a varying voltage. directional microphone - a microphone that is designed to receive sound from a particular direction.