the person or organization on which a draft or bill of exchange is drawn after liability has been accepted, usually by signature
2. Also called: acceptor impurity electronics
an impurity, such as gallium, added to a semiconductor material to increase its p-type conductivity by increasing the number of holes in the semiconductor
Compare donor (sense 5)
3. electronics
a circuit tuned to accept a particular frequency
4. chemistry
the atom or group that accepts electrons in a coordinate bond
acceptor in American English
(ækˈsɛptər; əkˈsɛptər)
noun
1.
one who accepts; specif., a person who signs a promise to pay a draft or bill of exchange
2. Chemistry
an atom that receives a pair of electrons from another atom to form a covalent bond with it
3. Electronics
an impurity, as gallium or boron, added to a semiconductor crystal to make a p-type semiconductor