acceptance
the act of taking or receiving something offered.
favorable reception; approval; favor.
the act of assenting or believing: acceptance of a theory.
the fact or state of being accepted or acceptable.
Commerce.
an engagement to pay an order, draft, or bill of exchange when it becomes due, as by the person on whom it is drawn.
an order, draft, etc., that a person or bank has accepted as calling for payment and has thus promised to pay.
Origin of acceptance
1Other words from acceptance
- non·ac·cept·ance, noun
- pre·ac·cept·ance, noun
- pro·ac·cept·ance, adjective
- re·ac·cept·ance, noun
- self-ac·cep·tance, noun
- un·ac·cept·ance, noun
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How to use acceptance in a sentence
College acceptances are out and many students are finding themselves stuck in waitlist purgatory.
Shortly afterwards a few acceptances were reported, principally against securities.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsNot a single girl declined the quaint invitation and formal acceptances were sent that very day.
Molly Brown's Sophomore Days | Nell SpeedUnless a certain sum can be raised by two o'clock to-morrow, their acceptances will lie over.
Barbara was reading the opinions of the world and the acceptances of the world, and in disliking them she came to doubt herself.
The Kempton-Wace Letters | Jack London
It is crammed with weights, acceptances, and all the rest of it; but, alas!
Theodore Watts-Dunton | James Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for acceptance
/ (əkˈsɛptəns) /
the act of accepting or the state of being accepted or acceptable
favourable reception; approval
(often foll by of) belief (in) or assent (to)
commerce
a formal agreement by a debtor to pay a draft, bill, etc
the document so accepted: Compare bank acceptance
(plural) Australian and NZ a list of horses accepted as starters in a race
contract law words or conduct by which a person signifies his assent to the terms and conditions of an offer or agreement
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