The phrase "acquire for more" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to suggest obtaining something additional, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "We need to acquire for more resources to complete the project successfully."
Alternatives: "obtain additional" or "secure more".
Last week, Seagram, the liquor company that is now an entertainment giant, announced that it would acquire, for more than $10 billion, the global music company PolyGram N.V., 75% of which is owned by the Dutch firm Phlips Electronics N.V. Seagram and PolyGram have somewhat of a history between them.
Under the agreement reached by the two companies, Mr. Zelnick said Take-Two would make a presentation in the coming weeks to Electronic Arts explaining why it believes it should be acquired for more than $25.74.
It took a few months, but the net result was that the company was acquired for more than five times the price the small investors were forced to accept.
To stake out its ground in the wired world, Motorola, which is based in Schaumburg, Ill., has moved swiftly in the last year, forging alliances with Cisco Systems Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. to develop a new wireless infrastructure capable of delivering high-speed Internet access, and acquiring, for more than $11 billion, General Instrument, a leading maker of cable set-top boxes.
In 2007 beat Lakshmi Mittal in race to buy Indian iron ore producer Sesa Goa acquired for more than $1 billion.
Meraki and Nicira each were acquired for more than $1 billion, showing the strong appetite of large corporations to acquire disruptive technology.
Data were acquired for more than 15 h resulting in 45 frames, each with 600-s acquisition time and an inter-frame delay of 600 s.
In the end, Ferrilla is glad he kept the rights to his IP, because in 2015, Ferrilla's $3 million business was acquired for more than $10 million.
DoubleClick, which places online ads for other businesses, is being acquired for more than $1 billion by San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman.
Over time, the e-commerce giant says it will make Bare Necessities' products available on Walmart.com, as well as on Jet.com, which Walmart acquired for more than $3 billion in 2016 to bolster its e-commerce business.
