The phrase "acquire equity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to finance, investment, or ownership, typically referring to obtaining ownership interest in a company or asset.
Example: "Investors often seek to acquire equity in startups to benefit from their potential growth."
Alternatives: "obtain ownership" or "gain equity."
One strategy is to acquire equity stakes in resource-based businesses around the world.
The agreement does not allow either company to acquire equity in the other.
Blackstone would pay $48.50 a share to acquire Equity Office, making the buyout the biggest in history.
Mr. Kashkari said that the government had set up teams to determine the best ways to buy mortgage-backed securities, acquire equity stakes in banks, identify home loans that needed to be purchased, insure troubled assets, preserve homeownership, deal with executive compensation at banks that receive capital injections and assure compliance with regulatory laws.
Its model is similar to that of Kickstarter, but it gives funders a chance to acquire equity instead of products or prizes.
The Liberal Democrats have unveiled a policy that they claim would be revolutionary: to aim to make 30,000 new homes a year in England available to tenants who would slowly acquire equity as they made monthly rental payments, until after 30 years they owned the property outright.
But the government has largely avoided acquiring equity and diluting the value held by existing shareholders.
And since they invested early, they acquired equity in all three companies well below the price set at the initial public offering.
During the South Korean economic crisis, the government acquired equity stakes in several leading banks that were threatened by Hynix's worsening financial condition.
The company has acquired equity stakes in three publicly traded companies as part of a strategy to forge relationships with businesses that possess technologies related to disk drives.
The sovereign wealth fund of France, for example, has acquired equity stakes in Viadeo, a Paris-based social network for professionals, and Dailymotion, a video-sharing site.
