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Acquirer

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
merchant bank
plural
Acquirers
possessive
Acquirer's
pluralpossessive
Acquirers'