acceptance

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Synonyms: acceptancy, acceptable, acceptant, acceptances, unacceptance, reacceptance

Antonyms: acceptancy, acceptable, acceptant, acceptances, unacceptance, reacceptance

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act of [[accepting#Noun|accepting]]; the [[receiving#Noun|receiving]] of something [[offer#Verb|offered]], with [[acquiescence]], [[approbation]], or [[satisfaction]]; ''especially'', [[favourable]] [[reception]]; [[approval]].
2. {{lb|en|countable}} An instance of that act.
3. [[belief|Belief]] in something; [[agreement]], [[assent]].
4. The state of being [[accept]]ed.
5. The [[usual]] or accepted meaning of a [[word#Noun|word]] or [[expression]].
6. {{lb|en|business|finance}} An [[assent#Noun|assent]] and [[engagement]] by the person on whom a [[bill of exchange]] is [[draw#Verb|drawn]], to [[pay#Verb|pay]] it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
7. {{lb|en|law}} An [[agreeing#Noun|agreeing]] to the [[action]], [[proposal]]s, or [[term#Noun|terms]] of another by some act which results in the [[conclusion]] of a [[legally]] [[binding#Adjective|binding]] [[contract#Noun|contract]]; the [[reception]] or [[taking#Noun|taking]] of a thing [[bought#Adjective|bought]] as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be [[deliver]]ed, or the taking of [[possession]] of a thing as [[owner]].
8. {{lb|en|government|US}} The act of an [[authorized#Adjective|authorized]] [[representative]] of the [[government]] by which the government assents to [[ownership]] of [[existing#Adjective|existing]] and [[identified#Adjective|identified]] [[supplies]], or approves specific [[services#Noun|services]] [[render#Verb|rendered]], as [[partial]] or [[complete]] [[performance]] of a contract.
9. {{lb|en|horse racing|Australia|New Zealand|pluralonly}} A [[list#Noun|list]] of [[horse]]s accepted as [[starter]]s in a [[race#Noun|race]].
10. {{lb|en|optics}} {{synonym of|en|etendue}}.

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