Acquire and Net

Acquire

Acquire verb - To receive as return for effort.

Usage example: acquired a reputation for always arriving at his friends' house just as they were sitting down to dinner

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Net and acquire are semantically related in gather topic. In some cases you can use "Net" instead a verb "Acquire".

Net verb - To catch or hold as if in a net.

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Acquire and net are semantically related in earn topic. Sometimes you can use "Acquire" instead a verb "Net".

Nearby Word: netting

experience	acquire experience	net experience
power	acquire power	net power
amount	acquire amount	net amount
form	acquire form	net form
Other words: item, money, book, suit, ring, weapon, card, items, sword, points, skills, weapons.

An old, possibly apocryphal, story states that they were originally called "muchkins" on Use NET, due to their tendency to try and acquire as "much" as they possibly can.

Source: Munchkin

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