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Obtainment (noun) means the act of getting or gaining something.

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The act of getting or gaining something.

"From an old record it appears that Charles I. of England granted numerous monopolies for obtainment of money for his purposes, independently of the Parliamentary grants, among others the manufacture of paper." — “Why Foolscap Paper Was So Called”, Why Foolscap Paper Was So Called (1909)

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