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Acquire

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to acquire polish

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to acquire new vigor

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to acquire

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to acquire it

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to acquire

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knowledge, etc.

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to acquire flashy mannerisms

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to acquire

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to acquire French habits

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to acquire a burnt taste

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to acquire skill

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to acquire

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to acquire

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to acquire

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to obtain

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to acquire

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to acquire good manners

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to acquire some polish

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to acquire popular features

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to acquire a proper form

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to acquire

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to gain, to win

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to acquire

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to acquire a bad habit

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to acquire polish

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to acquire new life

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to acquire vices

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to acquire a bad habit

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to acquire a new spirit

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to acquire new vigor

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reverdecer

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to acquire new vigour

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to acquire

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inversión extranjera directa

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IED, colocación de capital a largo plazo en algún país extranjero

foreign direct investment

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FDI, investment made to acquire lasting interest in enterprises operating outside of the economy of the investor

ADJ

ADJ

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acquired

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acquirer

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acquirement

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detenerse lentamente

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to grind to a halt

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Informal, Said of anything large which stops after having acquired momentum

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English Definitions

acquire

V

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

acquire

V

take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

acquire

V

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

acquire

V

locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

acquire

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win something through one's efforts

acquire

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gain knowledge or skills

acquire

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gain through experience

acquired

gotten through environmental forces

acquired hemochromatosis

N

hemochromatosis resulting from repeated transfusions or from excessive intake of foods containing iron

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

N

a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles

acquired immunity

N

immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the development of antibodies after an attack of an infectious disease or by a pregnant mother passing antibodies through the placenta to a fetus or by vaccination

acquired reflex

N

an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus

acquired taste

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a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience

acquirement

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an ability that has been acquired by training

acquirer

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a person who acquires something (usually permanently)

acquirer

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a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock

acquirer

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the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card

acquirer

N

a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee

English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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