acceptance

IPA: æksˈɛptʌns

(uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
(countable) An instance of that act.
Belief in something; agreement, assent.
The state of being accepted.
The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
(business, finance) 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.
(law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; 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 of possession of a thing as owner.
(government, US) The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
(horse racing, Australia, New Zealand, plural only) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
(optics) Synonym of etendue.

Examples of "acceptance" in Sentences

The acceptance of the reform was limited.
She is at the stage which I call the acceptance barrier.
Acceptance occurs at the point the cashier takes payment.
This acceptance is the reformation essential to any revolution.
That is what I call acceptance by the Irish members of this Bill ....
From friends who have gone through this, that first step [toward acceptance] is often the hardest one.
"You have to distance yourself or quiet yourself, take a deep breath and practice what I call acceptance," Prin said.
Our President had the audacity to say we are not prisoners of fate in acceptance of the Jokebell peace prize, i beg to differ i am a prisoner of fate.
I think that in constructing his paper Fryer goes overboard trying to get acceptance from the mathematical community in the economics profession, but I guess that is the community that holds the keys to tenure.