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ACQUIRER
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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:
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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