acquirers
Companies purchasing others
Acquirers are those who acquire—people or entities that obtain something.
The term appears most often in business contexts, where an acquirer is a company that purchases another company: The acquirers offered a premium over the stock price.
In payment processing, an acquirer is a bank that processes credit card transactions on behalf of merchants.
Corporate combination
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- due diligencePre-transaction reasonable care
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
bidder · target · synergy · integration · hostile · friendly · tender offer · leveraged buyout
State of owning
- titleFormal honorific or name
- holdingsProperty one owns
- assetsOwned items of value
- propertySomething owned or inherent
stake · controlling interest · majority stake · minority stake · shareholder · equity · portfolio · proprietorship
Increase in scope
- growthIncrease in size
- market sharePercentage of sector sales
- diversificationExpanding into varied areas
- vertical integrationOwning multiple production stages
scale · competitive advantage · synergy · consolidation · roll-up · platform · bolt-on · tuck-in
merger
Corporate combination
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- due diligencePre-transaction reasonable care
valuation · bidder · target · synergy · integration · hostile · friendly · tender offer · leveraged buyout · premium
possession
State of owning
property · stake · controlling interest · majority stake · minority stake · shareholder · equity · portfolio · proprietorship · stewardship
expansion
Increase in scope
- growthIncrease in size
- market sharePercentage of sector sales
- diversificationExpanding into varied areas
vertical integration · scale · competitive advantage · synergy · consolidation · roll-up · platform · bolt-on · tuck-in · accretive
accumulator
Device storing incremental charge
amasser · obtainer · procurer · purchaser · buyer · patron · connoisseur · enthusiast · curator
- paymentspayment, monthly payment, cash payment, payment date, credit cards
acquirerssellers
Those who offer wares
vendors · transferors · assignors · grantors · liquidators
- acquired tasteLiking developed over time
- acquired immune deficiency syndromeHIV-caused immune failure
- hospital-acquired infectionsIllnesses contracted during treatment
- acquired traitsNon-inherited developed features
- target acquired
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