Doesn't this sound like the name of a dinosaur with a massive, gaping mouth? Like, you have velociraptor and gigantosaur and...acceptor?
Maybe not.
Acceptor refers to the entity responsible for paying a bill, i.e., they accept that liability. The type of bill requiring an acceptor is usually a bill of exchange, and has two players, other than the acceptor: the drawor and the drawee. A drone building company pays Plastics R Us for blades based on a check drawn from their Wells Fargo account. The plastics company brings that check to the bank, which then accepts responsibility for wiring the money to the right place.
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Finance: What is Counterparty Risk?9 Views
Finance a la shmoop what is counterparty risk?
alright here's you the party and here's the guy you're contracting with to sell [Woman and man stood side by side]
18 tons of bricks or buy a line of credit for your flower shop or sell a
futures contract with the right to buy oil at 80 bucks a barrel for the next [Person signs contract]
two years so you're the party and he's the counterparty and the yin and yang of
the party and here's the risk yeah well the counterparty risk is just
that the person you contracted with doesn't live up to their end of the
bargain you pay them good money you sign a good contract all lawyered up and [Stack of money and contract appears]
stuff and then they split like totally split disappeared sea men choose the
bottom of the ocean maybe they went to Bora Bora
maybe they got facial surgery in the Philippines you know they do that now [George Clooney in a surgical bed]
well when that happens you will probably feel like crying and you should its your
counterparty you can cry if you want to come on that was a good reference people [Man singing]
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