Meanings
nounacceptor (plural acceptors)
plural acceptors · alternative obsolete rare acceptour
- One who accepts.
- businessOne who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
- biochemistryA transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
- natural sciencesA chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
- computingA kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.
Origin
- Latinacceptor
- Middle Englishacceptour
- Englishacceptor
From Middle English acceptour, from Latin acceptor, with the meanings from accept.
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قَابِل
- قَابِل (qābil)one who accepts
Catalan acceptant
- acceptantone who accepts
Czech akceptor, akceptor
- akceptorin chemistry
- akceptorin physics
Finnish vastaanottaja, saaja
- vastaanottajaone who accepts
- saajain law
- akseptoriin chemistry
- akseptoriin biochemistry
French accepteur, acceptrice
- accepteurone who accepts
- acceptriceone who accepts
- accepteurin law
- acceptricein law
Hindi ग्रहीता, आदाता
- ग्रहीता (grahītā)one who accepts
- आदाता (ādātā)one who accepts
Indonesian penerima, akseptor
- penerimaone who accepts
- akseptorone who accepts
Latin acceptātor, acceptātrīx
- acceptātorone who accepts
- acceptātrīxone who accepts
Norwegian comm akseptant
- comm akseptantone who accepts
Polish akceptant, akceptor
- akceptantin law
- akceptorin chemistry
- akceptorin physics
Portuguese aceitador, aceitadora
- aceitadorone who accepts
- aceitadoraone who accepts
Russian акцепта́нт
- акцепта́нт (akceptánt)one who accepts
Spanish aceptador, aceptadora
- aceptadorone who accepts
- aceptadoraone who accepts
Cite this entry
APA
acceptor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acceptor
MLA
“acceptor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acceptor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acceptor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acceptor.
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