Admittance
[əd'mɪt(ə)ns] or [əd'mɪtns]
Definition
(n.) The act of admitting.
(n.) Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception.
(n.) Concession; admission; allowance; as, the admittance of an argument.
(n.) Admissibility.
(n.) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
Inputed by Deborah
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Admission, introduction, ENTRÉE.[2]. Access, means of approach, liberty to approach.
Typist: Molly
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Introduction, entrance, pass, permit, passport, privilege, acceptance, welcome,reception
ANT:Exclusion, denial, ejection, prohibition, bar, hindrance, rejection,repudiation
Editor: Natasha
Examples
- Into _one_ house in this neighbourhood they shall never have admittance. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- John William Ward, to the Salon des Etrangers, not knowing that an introduction was necessary, when they were refused admittance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Here he is, he continued, as we made our way into the weighing enclosure, where only owners and their friends find admittance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- One evening we attempted to enter the former just as the hour had passed for the admittance of strangers. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Not a tie links me to any living thing: not a claim do I possess to admittance under any roof in England. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- No one ever regretted the admittance of Sam Weller, for a more devoted, well-behaved, and jovial member no club could have. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The manner of his admittance. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- In the course of the morning Dr. Bain prescribed for her, and promised to bring me a letter for her admittance into St. George's Hospital. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- With such a safeguard as this there is no oath among us on admittance. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- However, this was a peculiar grace, not allowed to any but persons of the highest rank, when they desire an admittance. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- His lady was denied admittance to him, even during his sickness; consequently, his punishment comprehended an additional sentence of divorce. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The conversation was interrupted by the arrival of a menial, who announced that a monk demanded admittance at the postern gate. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Checker: Prudence