Usage Note
Adquisitivo almost always appears in the phrase poder adquisitivo (purchasing power), the measure of how much a currency or wage can buy. Outside that fixed collocation it is rare in everyday speech.
Examples
"El salario ha perdido poder adquisitivo."
Natural Translation
The salary has lost purchasing power.

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