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noun

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.

acceptation (def. 1).

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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.

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Origin:
1565–75; accept + -ance

Related forms

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

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un·ac·cept·ance, noun

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Example Sentences

The acceptance rates at elite colleges are getting lower.

Every year around this time colleges and universities release their acceptance rates.

Acupuncture suffers from two barriers to more widespread acceptance by doctors.

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The acceptance rates at elite colleges are getting lower.

Every year around this time colleges and universities release their acceptance rates.

Acupuncture suffers from two barriers to more widespread acceptance by doctors.

She was born with a unique skill in kickboxing that made her wealthy and famous and that won her acceptance.

The trend is finding acceptance in mainstream medicine and helping people with cancer lead healthier lives.

Although he was ridiculed at the time, acceptance of the fork soon followed.

Payment will be made upon acceptance of the text with submission of an invoice in the amount specified in the contract.

The greater barrier, however, is customer acceptance.

Acceptance rates at selective colleges have been declining for decades.

But turning a conditional-admission offer into a full-fledged acceptance doesn't come cheaply for students.

There will never be any public display of community acceptance.

Oppenheimer followed his own advice with his acceptance speech.

Science is not about acceptance by the public or society but by qualified peer reviewers.

Then factor in a lack of strict building codes and an acceptance of alternative viewpoints.

The increasing acceptance of gays and lesbians is precisely what bothers some of the opponents of the legislation.

Zogby released today, he said that polls show a sharp increase in acceptance of online education in the past year.

The acceptance stage will then be reached when these countries realise they can't afford to repay these debts and so they won't.

But some have arrived, however reluctantly, at a point of acceptance.

But last fall, denial suddenly gave way to reluctant acceptance that the naysayers were right.

Cantor's plan to remake the student population has been the acceptance rate.

Travcoa offers guaranteed departures upon acceptance of deposit on all of its journeys.

Not dismissing a retracted study would provide it with tacit acceptance without proof.

Your submission of an application for employment indicates your acceptance and affirmation of this statement.

Even then acceptance of finite risk comes with the territory.

Now new research into how worldview affects one's acceptance of matters scientific sounds a similar theme.

Crout has fought an uphill battle for acceptance all along.

Acceptance of such liabilities coupled with potential allows for growth.

Alvarez applied to several medical schools to increase his odds of acceptance.

It would seem that, if their solution can gain acceptance it would establish recognition of the fundamental problem.

European countries, with their cultural acceptance of alcohol, tend to dominate the top places.

She had not yet attended college, so she was thrilled when she received an acceptance letter from an.

But the real beauty of speaking a minority language is the instant acceptance you get from native speakers.

The two co-authors could not get visas to attend the ceremony, and delivered a videotaped acceptance speech.

Nor does it necessarily mean that a college's acceptance rate will soar:.

He argued that the world was in moral decline, with the widespread acceptance of gay marriage the clearest sign.

While acceptance is growing, followers of the practice generally adopt a low profile because of public.

Convenience is an important factor in consumer acceptance.

Good ideas do not need lots of lies told about them in order to gain public acceptance.

After overseeing many difficult decisions about acceptance offers and student-aid packages.

Placement of an insertion order with the publisher shall mean acceptance of all the terms and conditions of this rate card.

But even as he weakened, his math gained acceptance.

The college acceptance game has become a kind of social control.

It is shifting away from traditional acceptance of established authority and putting more emphasis on law and rights.

Advocates of legalizing marijuana are sensing increasing acceptance of the drug, as medicine or entertainment.

In many respects, the pace of change-for tolerance and acceptance to be the norm-is unacceptably slow.

The benefit of this is quicker response and greater acceptance by medical individuals.

Then the tales of acceptance calls started to come through.

Unfortunately public acceptance of science is slow even in the best conditions.

That's usually the committee's job, and the college can delay acceptance for formatting errors.

More change now seems likely, as gay marriage slowly gains acceptance in many parts of the world.

But the theory is now gaining acceptance as scientists find that it may explain many previously mysterious disease outbreaks.

Gillard can not claim widespread acceptance by the voters.

The uncritical acceptance of eyewitness accounts may stem from a popular misconception of how memory works.

Churchill was not an adverse employment action and challenging his acceptance of the board's claim it had acted.

They also had lower scores in tests for hostile thoughts and the acceptance of violence as normal.

Top journals have low acceptance rates but a high pay-off of status if you get in.

Perhaps its acceptance will depend ultimately on how the knowledge is used.

The understanding and acceptance of evolution and logic is evolution in itself.

If you can address their stated concerns, you may have an acceptance given.

The acceptance of these ideas required an ideological revolution.

Just a rather easy acceptance of life as it had turned out-happy in some places, melancholy in others, but more or less.

Local acceptance of a wind turbine project is necessary.

Where a range of committee members find consensus, there you'll find a likely candidate for acceptance into the program.

The ego seeks to confirm itself and it does that through acceptance of similar people and rejection of dissimilar people.

Acceptance and problem solving need to be taught way before students get to middle or high school.

But other factors helped the machines gain acceptance.

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World English Dictionary

acceptance (əkˈsɛptəns)

—n
1.	the act of accepting or the state of being accepted or acceptable
2.	favourable reception; approval
3.	(often foll by of) belief (in) or assent (to)
4.	commerce
	a. a formal agreement by a debtor to pay a draft, bill, etc
	b. Compare bank acceptance the document so accepted
5.	(Austral), (NZ) (plural) a list of horses accepted as starters in a race
6.	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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Word Origin & History

acceptance

1590s, from Fr. acceptance, from accepter (see accept).

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