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