acceptanceとは

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ək.ˈsɛp.təns/

名詞

acceptance (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 acceptances)

1. The act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.

   the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.

   • 1611, King James Version, Isaiah 60:7

     They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar.

2. Belief in something; agreement, assent.
3. The state of being accepted.
   • 1594, Shakespeare, Rape of Lucrece:

     Makes it assured of acceptance.

4. The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
5. (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.
6. (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.
   • (Can we date this quote by Mozley かつ Whitely?), Law Dictionary:

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

7. (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.
8. (horse racing, Australia, New Zealand, 複数形 only) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
9. (optics) Synonym of etendue.

使用する際の注意点

In modern law, offer and acceptance are necessary elements for a legally binding contract.

別の表記

• acceptaunce (廃れた用法)

同意語

• (act of accepting): accepting, receiving, reception, approval
• (state of being accepted): acceptableness
• (assent かつ engagement by person on whom bill of exchange is drawn): assent

派生語

• (assent かつ engagement by person on whom bill of exchange is drawn): banker's acceptance, trade acceptance

参照

• acceptance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Further reading

• acceptance on Wikipedia.
• acceptance (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.
• offer and acceptance on Wikipedia.