The phrase "application to acquire" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is formally requesting permission or the means to obtain something, such as a license, property, or rights.
Example: "The company submitted an application to acquire the necessary permits for the new construction project."
Alternatives: "request to obtain" or "petition to secure".
Separately, Security Pacific said it would withdraw its application to acquire the Westamerica Bancorporation of San Rafael, Calif.
The Federal Reserve Board will not begin considering First Interstate Bancorp's application to acquire the BankAmerica Corporation until Feb. 2 at the earliest, it was disclosed today.
The overall results demonstrate the validity of the PTV technique in this application to acquire average flow fields which are in good agreement with PIV.
They are "would-be" refugees, because one of the subtexts in the book is the progress of Maric's application to acquire refugee status, which will, paradoxically, give her the freedom to travel and to return home to Bosnia.
* Chase Manhattan Corp., had its application to acquire Continental Bancorp Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., and its subsidiary, Continental Bank, Scottsdale, approved by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Fed said.
The coalition argues that Capital One's application to acquire ING Direct is suspect because Capital One refuses to lower its credit standards to extend Federal Housing Administration-insured loans to people with credit scores of 580.
A forthcoming feature arriving in the next version of Apple's iOS operating system, iOS 8.3, could make it easier for developers of free applications to acquire new users.
The inflamed joints in rheumatoid arthritis patients are ideally suited for gene therapy applications to acquire local production of potent anti-inflammatory biologics.
The purchase is the second in the Buffalo market for Sinclair, which has an application pending to acquire WUTV-TV in Buffalo.
Researchers have to go through an onerous application process to acquire medical marijuana for studies, and can wait years to get officially sanctioned product from the one legal growing facility in Mississippi.
