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acceptance

ACCEPT'ANCE, n.

1. A receiving with approbation or satisfaction; favorable reception; as work done to acceptance.

They shall come up with acceptance on my altar. Isa. 60.

2. the receiving of a bill of exchange or order, in such a manner, as to bind the acceptor to make payment. This must be by express words; and to charge the drawer with costs, in case of non payment, the acceptance must be in writing, under across, or on the back of the bill.

3. An agreeing to terms or proposals in commerce, by which a bargain is concluded and the parties bound.

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4. An agreeing to the act or contact of another, by some act which binds the person in law; as, a bishop's taking rent reserved on a lease made by his predecessor, is an acceptance of the terms of the lease and binds the party.

5. In mercantile language, a bill of exchange accepted; as a merchant receives another's acceptance in payment.

6. Formerly, the sense is which a word is understood. Obs.

[See Acceptation.]



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ACCEPT'ANCE, n.

1. A receiving with approbation or satisfaction; favorable reception; as work done to acceptance.

They shall come up with acceptance on my altar. Isa. 60.

2. the receiving of a bill of exchange or order, in such a manner, as to bind the acceptor to make payment. This must be by express words; and to charge the drawer with costs, in case of non payment, the acceptance must be in writing, under across, or on the back of the bill.

3. An agreeing to terms or proposals in commerce, by which a bargain is concluded and the parties bound.

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4. An agreeing to the act or contact of another, by some act which binds the person in law; as, a bishop's taking rent reserved on a lease made by his predecessor, is an acceptance of the terms of the lease and binds the party.

5. In mercantile language, a bill of exchange accepted; as a merchant receives another's acceptance in payment.

6. Formerly, the sense is which a word is understood. Obs.

[See Acceptation.]


AC-CEPT'ANCE, n.

  1. A receiving with approbation or satisfaction; favorable reception; as, work done to acceptance. They shall come up with acceptance on my altar. – Isa. lx.
  2. The receiving of a bill of exchange or order, in such a manner as to bind the accepter to make payment. This must be by express words; and to charge the drawer with costs, in case of non-payment, the acceptance must be in writing, under, across, or on the back of the bill. – Blackstone.
  3. An agreeing to terms or proposals in commerce, by which a bargain is concluded and the parties bound.
  4. An agreeing to the act or contract of another, by some act which binds the person in law; as, a bishop's taking that reserved on a lease made by his predecessor, is an acceptance of the terms of the lease, and binds the party. – Law.
  5. In mercantile language, a bill of exchange accepted; as, a merchant receives another's acceptance in payment.
  6. Formerly, the sense in which a word is understood. [Obs.] See Acceptation.

Ac*cept"ance
  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.

    They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar.
    Isa. lx. 7.

  2. State of being accepted; acceptableness.

    "Makes it assured of acceptance." Shak.
  3. 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.

    (b)
  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. An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.

    * What acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty. Mozley & W.

    * In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved.

    Acceptance of a bill of exchange, check, draft, or order, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word "accepted" across the face of the bill. Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction.

  6. Meaning; acceptation.

    [Obs.]

    Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under Accept.

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Acceptance

ACCEPT'ANCE, noun

1. A receiving with approbation or satisfaction; favorable reception; as work done to acceptance

They shall come up with acceptance on my altar. Isaiah 60:7.

2. the receiving of a bill of exchange or order, in such a manner, as to bind the acceptor to make payment. This must be by express words; and to charge the drawer with costs, in case of non payment, the acceptance must be in writing, under across, or on the back of the bill.

3. An agreeing to terms or proposals in commerce, by which a bargain is concluded and the parties bound.

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4. An agreeing to the act or contact of another, by some act which binds the person in law; as, a bishop's taking rent reserved on a lease made by his predecessor, is an acceptance of the terms of the lease and binds the party.

5. In mercantile language, a bill of exchange accepted; as a merchant receives another's acceptance in payment.

6. Formerly, the sense is which a word is understood. obsolete

[See Acceptation.]

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