different between acceptance vs permission

English

Etymology

• First attested in 1574. From Middle French acceptance, from Old French accepter (“accept”). Equivalent to accept +? -ance.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k.?s?p.t?ns/

Noun

acceptance (countable and uncountable, plural acceptances)

1. (uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
   • 1611, King James Version, Isaiah 60:7

     They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar.

2. (countable) An instance of that act.
3. Belief in something; agreement, assent.
4. The state of being accepted.
5. The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
6. (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.
7. (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.
   • 1876, Mozley and Whiteley, Law Dictionary:

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

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

Usage notes

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

Alternative forms

• acceptaunce (obsolete)

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

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

Translations

References

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

Further reading

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

Scots

Noun

acceptance (uncountable)

1. acceptance

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French permission, from Latin permissio. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English l?af (“permission”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?rm?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /p??m???n/
• (General American) enPR: p?rm?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /p??m???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: per?mis?sion

Noun

permission (countable and uncountable, plural permissions)

1. authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)

   Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?

2. The act of permitting.
3. (computing) Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.

   I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.

Antonyms

• prohibition

Derived terms

Related terms

• permit

Translations

Verb

permission (third-person singular simple present permissions, present participle permissioning, simple past and past participle permissioned)

1. (transitive) To grant or obtain authorization for.

See also

• clearance

Further reading

• File system permissions on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• impression

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permissi?, permissi?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.mi.sj??/

Noun

permission f (plural permissions)

1. permission

Related terms

• permettre

Further reading

• “permission” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).