Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acceptor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acceptor \Ac*cept"or\ (#; 277), n. [L.]
One who accepts; specifically (Law & Com.), one who accepts
an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has
accepted.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acceptor
n 1: (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the
compound to which electrons are donated
2: the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and
becomes responsible for paying the party named in the
draft when it matures
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