acquirer

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a person who acquires something (usually permanently)
noun a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock
noun the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card

From acquire + -er.

The drawbacks of trying to buy off a potential acquirer are, (1) it's expensive, and (2) maybe he really does plan to eat you, in which case it won't work anyway. — The Samurai Strategy, Thomas Hoover
The acquisition of such talents, by the maintenance of the acquirer during his education, study, or apprenticeship, always costs a real expense, which is a capital fixed and realized, as it were, in his person. — An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
My Legacy The business man the acquirer vast, After assiduous years surveying results, preparing for departure, Devises houses and lands to his children, bequeaths stocks, goods, funds for a school or hospital, Leaves money to certain companions to buy tokens, souvenirs of gems and gold. — Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman

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