Acquire and Shell out

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Acquire

Acquire verb - To come to have gradually.
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Shell out is an antonym for acquire.
Nearby Words: acquisition, acquirement, acquiring, acquirer

Shell out

Shell out verb - To hand over or use up in payment.
Usage example: we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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Acquire is an antonym for shell out.
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  • Video Game / Warframe It's also a huge pain to acquire: either shell out 595 platinumnote approximately 32 USD without a discount for the Hunhow's Gift Bundle (which at least comes with tons of free cosmetics) or pray to the Random Number God that Stalker will be in a good enough of a mood to drop a blueprint for you.
    Source: Video Game / Warframe
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