The phrase "acquire a free" is not correct in English as it is incomplete and lacks context.
It could be used in a context where you are discussing obtaining something at no cost, but it needs additional information to be clear.
Example: "You can acquire a free trial of the software by signing up on their website."
Alternatives: "obtain at no cost" or "get for free".
That could enable the Raptors to re-sign point guard Mike James and acquire a free agent to support their cornerstone, Chris Bosh.
The exception would allow the Rockets to acquire a free agent or trade for a player without having to match salaries, up to the value of the midlevel exception (about $5.75 million).
The disabled player exception allows the Rockets to acquire a free agent, or trade for a player without having to match salaries, up to the value of the midlevel exception, about $5.8 million.
"I'm very proud of the fact that I've never bought drugs," she said noting that being able to acquire a free supply, hire a criminal-defense firm, and write about the experience is a consequence of privilege.
To the airline, this occasionally seems like an attempt to acquire a free and new means of personal transportation, because a) the wheelchair or scooter worked well enough to convey the passenger off the premises, and b) when the airline has asked for a look at the wheelchair or scooter, the passenger sometimes declines.
A general rule: A nation in slavery labors more to preserve than to acquire; a free nation, more to acquire than to preserve.
Some industry analysts believe further relaxation of the ownership rules along the lines flagged by Turnbull would allow News Corp, the dominant local media player, to acquire a free-to-air television station, the Ten Network, to add to its already substantial print media and pay television interests.
And he acquired a free comfort kit from somewhere!
Many people said that they would refuse a free ride, even if they found that they had acquired a free ticket or a MetroCard from a machine's mix-up.
It's a compassionate Craigslist intervention that asks anonymous users to share their motivations behind acquiring a free material on the website.
Acquiring a free agent of Harper's stature would require the Dodgers to take the next step in their evolution as a franchise, to create exceptions to their analytically dictated rules.
