acceptance vs beginning

acceptance

noun
  • An instance of that act. 

  • 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. 

  • The state of being accepted. 

  • A list of horses accepted as starters in a race. 

  • Synonym of etendue. 

  • The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression. 

  • The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval. 

  • 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. 

  • Belief in something; agreement, assent. 

  • 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. 

beginning

noun
  • The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. 

  • The initial portion of some extended thing. 

  • That which is begun; a rudiment or element. 

  • That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause. 

adj
  • Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing. 

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