acceptor


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
accept/əkˈsept/
verb
  • 1 consent to receive or undertake (something offered).
  • 2 regard with approval.
  • 3 believe to be valid or correct.
  • 4 take on (a responsibility or liability).

    ■ tolerate or submit to (something undesirable).

– derivatives
acceptance noun,
acceptant adjective (rare),
acceptor (also accepter) noun.
– origin ME: from L. acceptare, from accipere, from ad- ‘to’ + capere ‘take’.
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