acceptability.html - v.tr.
1 (also absol.) consent to receive (a thing offered).
2 (also absol.) give an affirmative answer to (an offer or proposal).
3 regard favourably; treat as welcome (her mother-in-law never accepted her).
4 a believe, receive (an opinion, explanation, etc.) as adequate or valid. b be prepared to subscribe to (a belief, philosophy, etc.).
5 receive as suitable (the hotel accepts traveller's cheques; the machine only accepts tokens).
6 a tolerate; submit to (accepted the umpire's decision). b (often foll. by that + clause) be willing to believe (we accept that you meant well).
7 undertake (an office or responsibility).
8 agree to meet (a draft or bill of exchange).

accepted opinion one generally held to be correct.

accepter n. [ME f. OF accepter or L acceptare f. accipere (as AC-, capere take)]

acceptability.html - adj.
1 a worthy of being accepted. b pleasing, welcome.
2 adequate, satisfactory.
3 tolerable (an acceptable risk).

acceptability n. acceptableness n. acceptably adv. [ME f. OF f. LL acceptabilis (as ACCEPT)]

acceptability.html - n.
1 willingness to receive (a gift, payment, duty, etc.).
2 an affirmative answer to an invitation or proposal.
3 (often foll. by of) a willingness to accept (conditions, a circumstance, etc.).
4 a approval, belief (found wide acceptance). b willingness or ability to tolerate.
5 a agreement to meet a bill of exchange. b a bill so accepted. [F f. accepter (as ACCEPT)]

acceptability.html - adj.
(foll. by of) willingly accepting. [F (as ACCEPTANCE)]

acceptability.html - n.
a particular sense, or the generally recognized meaning, of a word or phrase. [ME f. OF f. med.L acceptatio (as ACCEPT)]

acceptability.html - n.
1 Commerce a person who accepts a bill.
2 Physics an atom or molecule able to receive an extra electron, esp. an impurity in a semiconductor.
3 Chem. a molecule or ion etc. to which electrons are donated in the formation of a bond.
4 Electr. a circuit able to accept a given frequency.