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Acquire money in São Paulo? That's a foolish assumption! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

getreal

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'sao paulo? that's a foolish assumption' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'acquire money' is the wordplay.
'acquire' becomes 'get' (synonyms).
'money' becomes 'real' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'get'+'real'='GETREAL'

'in' is the link.

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