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acceptanceShort-term credit instrument consisting of a written order that requires a buyer to pay a specified sum to the seller at a given date, signed by the buyer as a promise to honor the obligation. Acceptances are often used in export/import transactions: an exporter may require a buyer to sign and return an acceptance, which the exporter can then sell to the bank at a discount, thereby obtaining payment promptly. The buyer then has until the bill's maturity date to dispose of the goods and pay the promised sum (now owed to the bank). See also bill of exchange; promissory note. acceptance 1. Commerce a. a formal agreement by a debtor to pay a draft, bill, etc. b. the document so accepted 2. Austral and NZ a list of horses accepted as starters in a race 3. Contract law words or conduct by which a person signifies his assent to the terms and conditions of an offer or agreement How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I cannot suppose that she expected to convince you, the eye-witness; but if she wished later on to spread the story, it was wise of her to try to get your acceptance of it. He did not know how wide a country, arid and precipitous, must be crossed before the traveller through life comes to an acceptance of reality.
The papers collected here under the name of 'My Literary Passions' were printed serially in a periodical of such vast circulation that they might well have been supposed to have found there all the acceptance that could be reasonably hoped for them. |
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