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Acquirer

nounid 11097·updated May 18, 2026
verified

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

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary4 sensesview framework →
§1
a credit card processing bank
§2
the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card
§3
a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock
§4
a person who acquires something (usually permanently)

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Incoming relationships

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