ALL meanings of acceptance
ac·cept·ance
A a - variable noun acceptance Acceptance of an offer or a proposal is the act of saying yes to it or agreeing to it. 3
- uncountable noun acceptance If there is acceptance of an idea, most people believe or agree that it is true. 3
- uncountable noun acceptance Your acceptance of a situation, especially an unpleasant or difficult one, is an attitude or feeling that you cannot change it and that you must get used to it. 3
- uncountable noun acceptance If there is acceptance of a new product, people start to like it and get used to it. 3
- uncountable noun acceptance Acceptance of someone into a group means beginning to think of them as part of the group and to act in a friendly way towards them. 3
- noun acceptance the act of accepting or the state of being accepted or acceptable 3
- noun acceptance favourable reception; approval 3
- noun acceptance belief (in) or assent (to) 3
- noun acceptance a formal agreement by a debtor to pay a draft, bill, etc 3
- noun acceptance the document so accepted 3
- noun acceptance a list of horses accepted as starters in a race 3
- noun acceptance words or conduct by which a person signifies his assent to the terms and conditions of an offer or agreement 3
- noun acceptance an accepting or being accepted 3
- noun acceptance approving reception; approval; acceptability 3
- noun acceptance belief in; assent 3
- noun acceptance a draft or bill of exchange that has been accepted for payment 3
- noun acceptance an express or implied act by which one accepts an obligation, offer, contract, etc. together with all its legal consequences 3
- noun acceptance The action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered. 1
- noun acceptance the act of taking or receiving something offered. 1
- noun acceptance favorable reception; approval; favor. 1
- noun acceptance the act of assenting or believing: acceptance of a theory. 1
- noun acceptance the fact or state of being accepted or acceptable. 1
- noun acceptance acceptation (def 1). 1
- noun acceptance 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. 1
- noun acceptance taking sth offered 1
- noun acceptance agreement, acknowledgement 1
- noun acceptance favourable reception 1
- noun acceptance finance: monetary instrument 1
- abbreviation ACCEPTANCE approval 1
- noun acceptance The act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; especially, favorable reception; approval. 0
- noun acceptance Belief in something; agreement; assent. 0
- noun acceptance State of being accepted. 0
- noun acceptance (business, finance) 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. 0
- noun acceptance (business, finance) The bill of exchange itself when accepted. 0
- noun acceptance 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. 0
- noun acceptance (law) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law. 0
- noun acceptance (US, government) The act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government assents to ownership by it of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract. 0
- noun acceptance The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression. 0
- noun acceptance (Australia, New Zealand, plural only) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race. 0