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]