1. (

• acquirer

) a person who acquires something (usually permanently) ;

2. (

• acquirer

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

3. (

• acquirer ,

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

4. (

• merchant_bank ,
• acquirer ,

) a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee ;