▪ 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.
| 1577 tr. 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. a 1649 Drummond 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.
| 1919 R. 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. 1962 Times 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.
| 1718 Pope Iliad xv. 438 Presumptuous Troy mistook the accepting sign. 1861 Göschen For. Exch. 55 The value of money in the accepting country. |