noun
1. a person who acquires something (usually permanently)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑acquire
• Hyponyms: ↑recipient, ↑receiver, ↑appropriator, ↑procurer, ↑securer
2. a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock
• Derivationally related forms: ↑acquire
• Hypernyms: ↑depository financial institution, ↑bank, ↑banking concern, ↑banking company
3. the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card
• Derivationally related forms: ↑acquire
• Hypernyms: ↑financial institution, ↑financial organization, ↑financial organisation
4. a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee
• Syn: ↑merchant bank
• Derivationally related forms: ↑acquire
• Hypernyms: ↑depository financial institution, ↑bank, ↑banking concern, ↑banking company
Useful english dictionary. 2012.