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Definition of Acceptance
Ac`cept´ance | n. | 1. | The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc. | | 2. | State of being accepted; acceptableness. | | 3. | (Com.) 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. | | 4. | 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. | | 5. | (Law) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law. | | 6. | Meaning; acceptation. |
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