acquirer
Americannoun
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someone who acquires.
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a company that buys another company as part of a corporate merger or to sell for a profit.
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a bank or other financial institution that processes credit and debit card transactions for the company that issued the card.
Example Sentences
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It aims to further integrate artificial intelligence into its planning, following a strategy from aspiring acquirer UniCredit to revamp the bank.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Companies that are first to crack a genuinely hard problem can stick it out, keep innovating, and grow into businesses that far exceed what any acquirer would have paid.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 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
He wrote that if Paramount does end up being the acquirer of Warner Bros., he’d expect an immediate recovery back to the $28 range for Cinemark stock.
From Barron's • Dec. 15, 2025
This is the third Hohenzollern whom we mark as a conspicuous acquirer in the Hohenzollern family, this Friedrich IV., builder of the second story of the House.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 02 by Carlyle, Thomas
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