acceptances

Noun

acceptance (countable and uncountable, plural acceptances)

1. (uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
   • the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.

   Synonyms:

   accepting, receiving, reception, approval

2. (countable) An instance of that act.
3. Belief in something; agreement, assent.
4. The state of being accepted.
   • The warrant I haue of your Honourable Diſpoſition, not the Worth of my vntutor'd Lines makes it aſſured of acceptance.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   acceptableness

5. The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
6. 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; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.

   Synonyms:

   assent

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