The phrase "acquired a licence" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of obtaining official permission or certification to do something, typically in a legal or professional context.
Example: "After completing the necessary training, she acquired a licence to practice as a nurse."
Alternatives: "obtained a licence" or "secured a licence."
Digicel has also acquired a licence in Guatemala, and says it is looking next at Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
The pool is narrowed further by the apparent need to have a totally anodyne personal life: one potential candidate is said to have been ruled out because she had recently acquired a licence for professional mah-jong.
The Snatch and X-Men: The Last Stand actor said that his 22-year-old son, who has served for almost six years in the British Army, wants to go to flight school in LA, while his 26-year-old stepdaughter has acquired a licence to run a fish-and-chips truck in California, which she intends to call Cor Blimey, Guvnor.
He then returned to London with his mother and sisters, and on 2 November acquired a licence to travel abroad with his servants and horses.
The Dacre family had risen in prominence in Cumbria during the 12th and early 13th centuries, and William Dacre, Ralph's father, had acquired a licence to crenellate the property of Dunmallogt in 1307, quite close to the future site of Dacre Castle.
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Unlike in the US, professional drone operators in the UK have to acquire a licence, which Moore points out is a major plus to the industry.
(Note that in some countries you may need to wait a month or more after acquiring a licence to have a legal ceremony).
Bob Usher, LGfL's content manager, said: "LGfL is delighted to have acquired a perpetual licence to The Guardian & Observer Digital Archive.
For banks such as Morgan Stanley, which has acquired a local licence by buying a small bank, each new product it hopes to sell requires a separate stamp of approval, which can take months.
She was considering giving up radio to focus on the Apple Store job, but then Rinse, which had by then acquired a broadcasting licence, gave her the drive-time show.
