Acceptance
[ək'sept(ə)ns] or [ək'sɛptəns]
Definition
(noun.) the act of taking something that is offered; 'her acceptance of the gift encouraged him'; 'he anticipated their acceptance of his offer'.
(noun.) (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract).
(noun.) banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank.
(noun.) the state of being acceptable and accepted; 'torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club'.
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Definition
(n.) The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.
(n.) State of being accepted; acceptableness.
(n.) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.
(n.) The bill itself when accepted.
(n.) An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.
(n.) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.
(n.) Meaning; acceptation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Accepting, taking, reception, receipt.[2]. Favorable reception.[3]. (Com.) Accepted bill (of exchange).
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Examples
- She made him, by her acceptance, as happy even as he is deserving. Jane Austen. Emma.
- In the rendering of those little services, and in the manner of their acceptance, the trooper has become installed as necessary to him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Acceptance of Mr Boffin's offer of such a date, and to such an effect. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The most conspicuous element in this is the wide-spread acceptance of the X-ray as a necessary tool of the medical profession. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One thing it is to say that all proposals must ultimately win the acceptance of the majority; it is quite another to propose nothing which is not immediately acceptable. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I should be obliged to take time, sir, before I could give you an answer worthy of your acceptance: a present has many faces to it, has it not? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Is that tantamount, sir, to acceptance, or rejection, or consideration? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Seek to prayer and penance, and mayest thou find acceptance! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Certainly placid or morose acceptance is undermined. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Transactions on the New York Stock Exchange may be made in three different ways: Cash, regular or on a limited option to buyer and seller as to the time of delivery or acceptance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To have to make this fact plain to her--and to witness her resigned acceptance of it--had been intolerably painful to him. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- So saying, he lifted the coronet, and placed it upon Rowena's head, in token of her acceptance of the temporary authority assigned to her. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She did not want to, because she did not want the question of her acceptance thrust upon her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Under such circumstances, how can a man build on acceptance of his presents as a favourable symptom? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Indeed, it was only frequent repetition, and the credence of the hundred and fifty minds round mewhich forced on me its full acceptance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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