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
Words Nearby acceptance
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How to use acceptance in a sentence
Colleges and universities must evaluate their acceptance procedures and cost structures.
We won’t have a true economic recovery until we tackle the racial wealth gap | matthewheimer | September 1, 2020 | FortuneMental health is a serious issue, but it’s also a deeply complex one and there’s growing acceptance among leaders that it’s time businesses made mental health a priority.
Deep Dive: How companies and their employees are facing the future of work | Digiday | September 1, 2020 | DigidayOn Thursday evening during his acceptance speech, the president got at stocks, but barely.
Trump’s spent years touting the stock market. At the RNC, he just … didn’t. | Emily Stewart | August 28, 2020 | VoxWhat I try to really help people with in my book, and I’m doing a course on this for the first time in September, is to help people realize that acceptance is what leads to wholeness.
Are You Yoda or Darth Vader? - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Brian Gallagher | August 26, 2020 | NautilusIn addition to other forms of community involvement, it holds monthly support group meetings with the goal of fostering understanding and acceptance within families.
Cleveland – The Rock and Roll Capital of the World | LGBTQ-Editor | August 21, 2020 | No Straight News
And the capital city is a veritable utopia of acceptance and integration.
A better taxonomy would break us up by words like acceptance, Partial Denial, and Total Denial.
In your acceptance speech at the National Book Awards, you said, “War is too strange to be processed alone.”
The Veteran Who Took Home the National Book Award | Jacob Siegel | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor the first time since I put my acceptance letter in the mail, I woke up this morning ashamed of my alma mater.
Removing distinctions like “plus-size” would get her and millions of other women closer to that level of acceptance.
This acceptance is based upon a transaction involving the importation or exportation of goods.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsAccordingly he carries to court a beautiful barb, and requests his majesty's acceptance of it.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousStrength is given him to do it with acceptance; and, through marvellous grace, he stands among the children of the Covenant!
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamIn every contract there is an offer made by one party and an acceptance or refusal by the other.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesSuppose he should receive an acceptance by letter or telegraph but deny it, and insist that no contract had been made.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
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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