acceptance
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təns noun
1.
the act of taking or receiving something offered.
2.
favorable reception; approval; favor.
3.
the act of assenting or believing: acceptance of a theory.
4.
the fact or state of being accepted or acceptable.
5.
acceptation ( def 1 ).
6.
Commerce.
a.
an engagement to pay an order, draft, or bill of exchange when it becomes due, as by the person on whom it is drawn.
b.
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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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of accepting or the state of being accepted or acceptable |
| 2. | favourable reception; approval |
| 3. | ( |
| 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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Example sentences
Belief in an interventionist deity demands acceptance that events occur for which there is no naturalistic explanation.
Your acceptance of things in your life taking more time for you is truly admirable.
We shouldn't be reactionary in our refutation or acceptance of this data.
Even if the interface technologies work, they might face a long road to acceptance.
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