acquirer

American  

[uh-kwahy-er-er] / əˈkwaɪ ər ər /

noun

• acquirers
  plural

1. someone who acquires.

2. a company that buys another company as part of a corporate merger or to sell for a profit.

3. a bank or other financial institution that processes credit and debit card transactions for the company that issued the card.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• acquirers
  plural

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acquirer acquirers

“AstraZeneca would effectively be a U.K.-based acquirer of one of America’s large pharmas, at a time when U.S. policymakers are focused on domestic manufacturing and strategic industries,” Jefferies says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

“It would also mitigate execution risk, eliminate incremental standalone costs and allow an acquirer to optimize the business under its own management and operating structure.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

Enforcers sometimes investigate whether to block a merger because the acquirer is already too powerful in a given market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

“The fact that SpaceX…is the acquirer here is symbolic of where the next multi‑trillion‑dollar technology opportunity lies,” he says.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

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.

From An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Industry analysts have identified Sinclair and Gray Media as potential acquirers if larger station transactions become less restricted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

But he stressed that a variety of catalysts could unlock value, even for companies that weren’t clear targets for acquirers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Investors in acquirers tend to dislike deals that involve issuing new stock, as increasing the shares outstanding reduces the percentage of the company owned by current shareholders.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026

At first, potential acquirers weren’t interested in Mobileum at the owners’ price expectations, the indictment said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

Although the library included a proportion of desirable articles, many of the books were esteemed so worthless that the acquirers removed the ex libris, and left the rest behind them!

From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by William Carew Hazlitt