"acceptance" Definition

Definitions for the word "acceptance" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
State of being accepted; acceptableness.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The bill itself when accepted.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Meaning; acceptation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
1 willingness to accept. 2 affirmative answer to an invitation etc. 3 approval, belief (found wide acceptance).
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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