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ACQUIRER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee

Synonyms:

acquirer; merchant bank

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("acquirer" is a kind of...):

bank; banking company; banking concern; depository financial institution (a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities)

Derivation:

acquire (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("acquirer" is a kind of...):

financial institution; financial organisation; financial organization (an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets)

Derivation:

acquire (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("acquirer" is a kind of...):

bank; banking company; banking concern; depository financial institution (a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities)

Derivation:

acquire (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A person who acquires something (usually permanently)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("acquirer" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acquirer"):

receiver; recipient (a person who receives something)

appropriator (someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission))

procurer; securer (someone who obtains or acquires)

Derivation:

acquire (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

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