acceptor

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Prosecutors meanwhile requested a six to seven-month sentence, saying Iswaran was "more than a passive acceptor of gifts".

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024

"Continued study of respiratory electron acceptor usage may thus provide an important avenue for informing our understanding of the functional capacity and metabolic output of the gut microbiome."

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2024

Respiration involves two molecules: an electron donor and an electron acceptor.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

A classic example of this process uses glucose as a donor and oxygen as the acceptor.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

An accommodation party is one who has signed the note as maker, drawee, acceptor or indorser without receiving value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to some other person.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney