Definitions for acceptor

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acceptor ac·cep·tor

Spelling: [ak-sep-ter]

IPA: /ækˈsɛp tər/

Acceptor is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 331 anagrams from letters in acceptor (acceoprt).

Definitions for acceptor

noun

1. accepter.
2. Finance. a person who accepts a draft or bill of exchange, especially the drawee who signs the draft or bill, confirming a willingness to pay it when due.
3. Also called acceptor atom, acceptor impurity. Physics. an atom of impurity in a semiconducting crystal such that the atom can capture an electron, creating a hole in a filled electron shell and thereby changing the electric conductivity of the crystal.
4. Chemistry. an atom, ion, group of atoms, or compound that combines with, or accepts, another entity, thereby profoundly affecting physical and chemical properties:

Origin of acceptor

1350-1400; Middle English, in phrase acceptour of persones; accept + -or², or (Anglo-French acceptour)

Examples for acceptor

Why is the leading horse in a wagon-team like the acceptor of a bill?

In this event, the acceptor's letter must actually be received by the offerer, before the contract is complete.

After acceptance of a draft or bill of exchange, the acceptor is liable to pay the bill according to its terms.

If no time for acceptance is stipulated in the offerer's letter, the acceptor has a reasonable time in which to accept.

If he assents to the order, he is then called 941 the acceptor.

To recall an offer, the offeror must communicate his intention so to do, to the acceptor before acceptance.

So long as I'm the holder, not the drawer, nor the acceptor.

One can readily see that all the proof would be in the possession of B, the acceptor.

The acceptor of a bill is the principal debtor; the drawer, the surety.

The person to whom a draft is directed is called the drawee or acceptor.