I am trying to find an alternative word for acquisition in the context of acquiring a license to a piece of software. I would prefer a word that's shorter to put on a report than the "Number of License Acquisitions."
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It sounds as though you're trying to come up with a brief wording for an entry in a report that identifies the number of licenses that consumers have acquired from a software company.
If so—and if the primary audience for the report is the software company—it makes sense to frame the wording not as "Number of License Acquisitions" (which looks at the number from the point of view of the licensees), but "Number of Licenses Issued" (which looks at the same number from the point of view of the company). And if you're trying to be concise, there's no need to say "Number of Licenses Issued," because "Licenses Issued" says the same thing.
answered Feb 17, 2015 at 4:16
As oldcat says, just say, "Number of Licenses" and that will be understood. It is certainly shorter.
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I guess I should clarify: I was looking not for a heading that is Licenses or Number of Licenses, but I'm trying to look for a heading of the action. I.e. I want the heading to be 'Acquisitions' or a shorter form of that word. I want to highlight the action.– ZackOct 20, 2014 at 0:28
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A shorter form of that word is "Acquired"; a synonym might be "#Lic Held" or just Held. (Once you acquire a license, you hold it, yes?)– shiprOct 21, 2014 at 1:29
If you're looking for a word with the same meaning as well as a similar "style," procurement seems, in my opinion, to be the most eloquent solution. For a shorter synonym, using gain or gains, in the noun form could also be a succinct substitute.
Licenses) with a footnote, and explain in the footnote that this column is the number of licenses acquired from the publisher by consumers. You still get a neat column, and you have some use for the footer as well.