Definition

1. Noun:
   • The person or institution that accepts a check or draft: In finance, an "acceptor" is the party who formally agrees to pay a bill of exchange or draft when it becomes due, taking on the responsibility to the holder.
   • The compound that receives electrons: In chemistry, an "acceptor" is the molecule, atom, or ion in a coordinate bond that accepts a pair of electrons donated by another species (the donor).

Usage Examples

• Noun (Finance):

  • The bank acted as the acceptor for the international draft.
  • As the acceptor, the company is legally obligated to pay the amount on the maturity date.

• Noun (Chemistry):

  • In this reaction, the boron compound is the electron acceptor.
  • The chlorophyll molecule serves as an energy acceptor in photosynthesis.

Advanced Usage

• "Drawee-acceptor": A specific legal term for the party (the drawee) who has accepted liability on a draft.

  • Upon signing the bill, the drawee became the drawee-acceptor.

• "Electron acceptor": A standard term in chemistry and biochemistry for a substance that gains electrons in a redox reaction.

  • Oxygen is the final electron acceptor in the respiratory chain.

Variants and Related Words

• Accept (verb): To receive or agree to something.
  • The merchant will accept credit cards.
• Acceptance (noun): The action of accepting something or the state of being accepted.
  • His acceptance of the draft was confirmed in writing.
• Acceptor impurity (noun phrase): In semiconductor physics, an atom that accepts electrons, creating "holes" in a crystal lattice.
  • Boron is a common acceptor impurity in silicon.

Synonyms

• Finance: Accepter, obligor.
• Chemistry: Lewis acid (in the context of electron pair acceptance), oxidant (in redox reactions).

Related Phrases

• "To act as an acceptor": To perform the role of accepting a financial instrument.
  • Few institutions are willing to act as an acceptor for such high-risk paper.
• "Acceptor site": In molecular biology, a location on a molecule (like RNA) that receives another component.
  • The splice acceptor site is critical for gene expression.

Noun

1. the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures
2. (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated