acquirorn.
/əˈkwʌɪərə/, U.S. /əˈkwaɪ(ə)rər/ = acquirer n. (in various senses).
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires
getterc1400
procurer?1530
obtainer1531
acquister1613
acquirer1667
acquisitor1668
acquiror1789
society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company
incorporation1530
acquisitor1668
private company?1711
private practice1724
public company1730
trading house1760
acquiror1789
in-company1791
public corporation1796
company1800
subsidiary company1823
proprietary company1824
stock-company1827
trust company1827
subsidiary1828
concessionaire1839
commandite1844
statutory company1847
parent company1854
mastership1868
state enterprise1886
Pty.1904
asset class1931
acquirer1950
parent1953
growth company1959
spin-off1959
non-profit1961
shell1964
not-for-profit1969
vehicle1971
spin-out1972
startup1975
greenfield1982
large-cap1982
monoline1984
small cap1984
mid-cap1988
multidomestic1989
dotcom1996
1789 H. Mustafa tr. Ghulam Husain Khan Sëir Mutaqharin I. 320 A Taallook, is a spot of land either purchased by the acquiror's money or held by him under a fixed rent or as a copy hold.
1830 J. Bentham Further Extract Constit. Code 14 in Official Aptitude Maximized What is proposed to be sold is—not to individual suitors at the office the acquiror of it, but to the acquiror himself, the emolument, in a particular shape, attached to it.
1899 San Francisco Chron. 3 July 2/5 France's title to this right was acquired from Corea by means of threats, the philanthropic purpose of the acquirors being at that time to connect the peninsula with the Siberia road for the gratification of Russia.
1930 G. W. Keeton Elem. Princ. Jurispr. xxii. 145 There is a real assumption of control, through the placing of the goods within property already in the acquiror's possession.
1993 J. Kay Found. Corporate Success iv. x. 147 The relative size of acquiror and acquiree was the single largest influence on the probability of success—happy partners were of similar size.
2003 Australian (Nexis) 30 Sept. 25 In the case of credit card transactions, the interchange fee is levied by the acquiror (the terminal owner) to the card issuer, as payment for the issuer to process the transaction.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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