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