acceptor

1. 1.

   (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated

   Broadercompound

   chemistry

2. 2.

   the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures

   Broaderdrawee

Other forms of acceptor

plural

acceptors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about acceptor

What does acceptor mean?

acceptor means "(chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in acceptor?

acceptor has 3 syllables: ac-cep-tor. The stress falls on "ac".

Is acceptor a common word?

acceptor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.