acceptor

English

Alternative forms

• acceptour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

to accept + -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əkˈsɛptə(r)/

Noun

acceptor (plural acceptors)

1. One who accepts.
2. (In law and commerce) one who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
3. (chemistry) an atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
4. (physics) a chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor.

Translations

one who accepts

Catalan: acceptant (ca) m. and f. Croatian: akceptor (hr) m. Finnish: vastaanottaja (fi) French: accepteur (fr) m. Indonesian: penerima, akseptor

Latin: acceptator (la) Norwegian: comm akseptant (no) c. Russian: акцептант (ru) m. Spanish: aceptador (es) m.

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Latin

Verb

acceptor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of acceptō