acquirer   (TTS Sound)

The noun acquirer has 4 senses

• acquirer -- (a person who acquires something (usually permanently))


• acquirer -- (a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock)


• acquirer -- (the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card)


• merchant bank, acquirer -- (a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee)