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▪ I. accepting, vbl. n.|ækˈsɛptɪŋ|
[f. accept v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of taking or receiving what is offered or presented; acceptance, reception. accepting of faces or persons of men: partiality, undue favour; see accept 2, acception 2.
1577tr. Bullinger, Decades (1592) 193 One of these two vices, which so infecteth the mindes of Judges..is the accepting of faces, or respect of persons. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Fam. Ep. Wks. 1711, 156 Your chearful accepting of such like essays heretofore. Mod. John's accepting of the appointment.
2. attrib., as accepting house. Cf. acceptance, sense 6.
1919R. G. Hawtrey Currency & Credit vii. 105 Accepting houses authorise merchants to draw bills, on condition that the necessary funds are provided to meet the bills when due. 1962Times 13 Sept. 11/5 Rothschilds have remained..the only accepting house in the City to have avoided turning itself into a legal company.
▪ II. accepting, ppl. a.|ækˈsɛptɪŋ|
[f. accept v. + -ing2.]
That accepts or has accepted.
1718Pope Iliad xv. 438 Presumptuous Troy mistook the accepting sign. 1861Göschen For. Exch. 55 The value of money in the accepting country. |