acceptor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person or institution that accepts a bill of exchange and thereby undertakes to pay it when due

   Once the company signed the draft as acceptor, it became liable for payment at maturity.

2. 2
   noun

   a substance, atom, or molecule that receives electrons, protons, or another transferred particle

   In this reaction, oxygen acts as the electron acceptor.

3. 3
   noun

   a device or circuit that receives a signal, charge, or other input

   The sensor's acceptor layer captures charge from the surrounding material.

From Latin acceptor ('receiver'), from accipere ('to receive'), and later reinforced by English accept + -or. Its technical senses preserve the central idea of receiving or formally taking on something.

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