acceptor

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acceptor

  • /əkˈsɛptə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /əkˈsɛp.tɚ/ US
  • /ækˈsɛp.tɚ/ US

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From Middle English acceptour, from Latin acceptor, with the meanings from accept.

noun acceptors · acceptour

  1. One who accepts.
  2. One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
  3. An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
  4. A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
  5. A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
  6. A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
  7. A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.

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noun one who accepts

Españolaceptador, aceptadora
हिन्दीग्रहीता grahītā, आदाता ādātā
Portuguêsaceitador, aceitadora
Françaisaccepteur, acceptrice
Русскийакцепта́нт akceptánt
العربيةقَابِل qābil

noun in law

Françaisaccepteur, acceptrice

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"acceptor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/acceptor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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acceptor. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/acceptor

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"acceptor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/acceptor.

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@misc{acceptor_2026,
  title = {acceptor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/acceptor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}