Acceptance vs Notice - What's the difference?
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The act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; especially, favorable reception; approval
* Isaiah 60:7 :
Belief in something; agreement; assent.
State of being accepted.
* Shakespeare: Rape of Lucrece :
(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.
(business, finance) The bill of exchange itself when accepted.
An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; 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 possession as owner.
(legal) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.
(US, government) The act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government assents to ownership by it of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
(Australia, New Zealand, pluralonly) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
The act of observing; perception.
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*:Athelstan Arundel walked homeHe walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.
*(Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)
*:How ready is envy to mingle with the notices we take of other persons?
(lb) A written or printed announcement.
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(lb) A formal notification or warning.
(senseid) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.
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(lb) A published critical review of a play or the like.(rfex)
(lb) Prior notification.
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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:Ihave given him notice that the Duke of Cornwall and Regan his duchess will be here.
(lb) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
To observe or take notice of.
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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= To detect; to perceive with the mind.
As nouns the difference between acceptance and notice
is that acceptance is the act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; especially, favorable reception; approval while notice is the act of observing; perception.As a verb notice is
to observe or take notice of.acceptance
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete) (l)Noun
(en noun)- the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.
- They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar.
- Makes it assured of acceptance .
Usage notes
* In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved.Derived terms
* (sense) acceptance of a bill of exchange, acceptance of goods * acceptance of persons * banker's acceptance, trade acceptanceSynonyms
* (act of accepting) accepting, receiving, reception, approval * (State of being accepted) acceptableness * (sense) assentReferences
* * Mozley and Whitely, Law Dictionary : *: What acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty.notice
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Noun
(en noun)- The sidewalk adjacent to the damaged bridge stonework shall be closed until further notice .
Derived terms
* short noticeVerb
(notic)- So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before'' or ''after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
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