Antonyms for acquirer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-kwahyuh r
Phonetic Transcription : əˈkwaɪər


Definition of acquirer

Origin :
  • mid-15c., acqueren, from Old French aquerre "acquire, gain, earn, procure," from Vulgar Latin *acquaerere, from Latin acquirere "to seek in addition to" (see acquisition). Reborrowed in current form from Latin c.1600. Related: Acquired; acquiring.
  • As in finder : noun one who discovers a thing
Example sentences :
  • I pointed it out to Lincoln; but he missed it, and Mr Whelan was the acquirer.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of a Collector » by William Carew Hazlitt
  • Yes, if the acquirer has any such capacities as we have just outlined.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Public Speaking » by Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
  • One item my agent missed, and I had to hunt down the acquirer, who gave it up to me at a trifling advance.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of a Collector » by William Carew Hazlitt
  • And their anger has risen so high that they even propose to make the acquirer of these goods suffer very bitterly indeed.
  • Extract from : « Raemaekers' Cartoons » by Louis Raemaekers
  • But his chief celebrity was as an acquirer of those of others, provided always that they were old enough or rare enough.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter in London » by William Roberts

Synonyms for acquirer

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