acquirer vs receiver

receiver vs acquirer

acquirer and receiver both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acquirer	Yes	No	No	No
receiver	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, receiver is a hyponym of acquirer; that is, receiver is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than acquirer:

acquirer: a person who acquires something (usually permanently)
receiver: a person who receives something

Other hyponyms of acquirer include recipient, appropriator, procurer, securer.

acquirer (noun)	receiver (noun)
a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock	set that receives radio or tv signals
the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card	earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee	a person who receives something
a person who acquires something (usually permanently)	(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
	a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
	the tennis player who receives the serve

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