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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a person who acquires something (usually permanently);

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

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

4. a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee;
[syn: merchant bank, acquirer]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Acquirer \Ac*quir"er\, n. A person who acquires. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

acquirer n 1: a person who acquires something (usually permanently) 2: a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock 3: the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card 4: a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee [syn: merchant bank, acquirer]