acceptance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əkˈsɛp.təns/
Forms: form: acceptances
form: acceptaunce
Etymology: * First attested in 1574. From Middle French acceptance, from Old French accepter (“accept”). Equivalent to accept + -ance.
Senses: examples: text: the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.
text: All the flockes of Kedar shall be gathered together vnto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister vnto thee: they shall come vp with acceptance on mine altar, and I wil glorifie the house of my glory.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 60:7:
glosses: The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
glosses: An instance of that act.
glosses: Belief in something; agreement, assent.
examples: text: The warrant I haue of your Honourable Diſpoſition, not the Worth of my vntutor'd Lines makes it aſſured of acceptance.
ref: 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
glosses: The state of being accepted.
glosses: The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
topics: business
finance
glosses: 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; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
examples: text: But what acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty.
ref: 1876, Herbert Newman Mozley, George Crispe Whiteley, A Concise Law Dictionary, London: Butterworths, […] , →OCLC, page 4, column 2:
topics: law
glosses: An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; 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 of possession of a thing as owner.
topics: government
glosses: The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of etendue.
synonyms: word: etendue
Synonyms: sense: act of accepting
word: accepting
sense: act of accepting
word: receiving
sense: act of accepting
word: reception
sense: act of accepting
word: approval
sense: state of being accepted
word: acceptableness
sense: assent and engagement by person on whom bill of exchange is drawn
word: assent
Derived terms: sense: assent and engagement by person on whom bill of exchange is drawn
word: banker's acceptance
sense: assent and engagement by person on whom bill of exchange is drawn
word: trade acceptance
word: acceptance and commitment therapy
word: acceptance house
word: acceptance speech
word: acceptance test
word: disacceptance
word: fat acceptance
word: nonacceptance
word: overacceptance
word: postacceptance
word: preacceptance
word: reacceptance
word: re-acceptance
word: self acceptance
word: self-acceptance
word: unacceptance
word: underacceptance
word: wife acceptance factor