Accept Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor: to accept a present; to accept a proposal. | | 2. | to agree or consent to; accede to: to accept a treaty; to accept an apology. | | 3. | to respond or answer affirmatively to: to accept an invitation. | | 4. | to undertake the responsibility, duties, honors, etc., of: to accept the office of president. | | 5. | to receive or admit formally, as to a college or club. | | 6. | to accommodate or reconcile oneself to: to accept the situation. | | 7. | to regard as true or sound; believe: to accept a claim; to accept Catholicism. | | 8. | to regard as normal, suitable, or usual. | | 9. | to receive as to meaning; understand. | | 10. | Commerce. to acknowledge, by signature, as calling for payment, and thus to agree to pay, as a draft. | | 11. | (in a deliberative body) to receive as an adequate performance of the duty with which an officer or a committee has been charged; receive for further action: The report of the committee was accepted. | | 12. | to receive or contain (something attached, inserted, etc.): This socket won't accept a three-pronged plug. | | 13. | to receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without adverse reaction. Compare reject (def. 7). | –verb (used without object) | 14. | to accept an invitation, gift, position, etc. (sometimes fol. by of). | |
From Dictionary Credit Definition–noun | 1. | commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due. | | 2. | a source of pride or honor: You are a credit to your school. | | 3. | the ascription or acknowledgment of something as due or properly attributable to a person, institution, etc.: She got a screen credit for photography. | | 4. | trustworthiness; credibility: a witness of credit. | | 5. | confidence in a purchaser's ability and intention to pay, displayed by entrusting the buyer with goods or services without immediate payment. | | 6. | reputation of solvency and probity, entitling a person to be trusted in buying or borrowing: Your credit is good. | | 7. | influence or authority resulting from the confidence of others or from one's reputation. | | 8. | time allowed for payment for goods or services obtained on trust: 90 days' credit. | | 9. | repute; reputation; esteem. | | 10. | a sum of money due to a person; anything valuable standing on the credit side of an account: He has an outstanding credit of $50. | | 11. | Education. | a. | official acceptance and recording of the work completed by a student in a particular course of study. | | | 12. | Bookkeeping. | a. | an entry of payment or value received on an account. | | b. | the right-hand side of an account on which such entries are made (opposed to debit ). | | c. | an entry, or the total shown, on the credit side. | | |
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13. | any deposit or sum of money against which a person may draw. | –verb (used with object) | 14. | to believe; put confidence in; trust; have faith in. | | 15. | to bring honor, esteem, etc., to; reflect well upon. | | 16. | Bookkeeping. to enter upon the credit side of an account; give credit for or to. | | 17. | Education. to award educational credits to (often fol. by with): They credited me with three hours in history. | —Verb p
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hrase | 18. | credit to or with, to ascribe to a (thing, person, etc.): In former times many herbs were credited with healing powers. | —Idioms | 19. | do someone credit, to be a source of honor or distinction for someone. Also, do credit to someone. | | 20. | on credit, by deferred payment: Everything they have was bought on credit. | | 21. | to one's credit, deserving of praise or recognition; admirable: It is to his credit that he freely admitted his guilt. | |
From Dictionary Card Definition–noun | 1. | a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card. | | 2. | one of a set of thin pieces of cardboard with spots, figures, etc., used in playing various games; playing card. | | 3. | cards, (usually used with a singular verb ) | a. | a game or games played with such a set. | | b. | the playing of such a game: to win at cards. | | c. | Casino. the winning of 27 cards or more. | | d. | Whist. tricks won in excess of six. | | | 4. | Also called greeting card. a piece of paper or thin cardboard, usually folded, printed with a message of holiday greeting, congratulations, or other sentiment, often with an illustration or decorations, for mailing to a person on an appropriate occasion. | | 5. | something useful in attaining an objective, as a course of action or position of strength, comparable to a high card held in a game: If negotiation fails, we still have another card to play. | | 9. | a program of the events at races, boxing matches, etc. | | 15. | Informal. | a. | a person who is amusing or facetious. | | b. | any person, esp. one with some indicated characteristic: a queer card. | | –verb (used with object) | 16. | to provide with a card. | | 18. | to write, list, etc., on cards. | | 19. | Slang. to examine the identity card or papers of: The bartender was carding all youthful customers to be sure they were of legal drinking age. | —Idioms | 20. | in or on the cards, impending or likely; probable: A reorganization is in the cards. | | 21. | play one's cards right, to act cleverly, sensibly, or cautiously: If you play your cards right, you may get mentioned in her will. | | 22
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. | put one's cards on the table, to be completely straightforward and open; conceal nothing: He always believed in putting his cards on the table. | |
From Dictionary Merchant Definition–noun | 1. | a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader. | | 2. | a storekeeper; retailer: a local merchant who owns a store on Main Street. | | 3. | Chiefly British. a wholesaler. | –adjective | 4. | pertaining to or used for trade or commerce: a merchant ship. | | 5. | pertaining to the merchant marine. | | 6. | Steelmaking. (of bars and ingots) of standard shape or size. | |
From Dictionary Account Definition–noun | 1. | an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip. | | 2. | an explanatory statement of conduct, as to a superior. | | 3. | a statement of reasons, causes, etc., explaining some event. | | 4. | reason; basis: On this account I'm refusing your offer. | | 5. | importance; worth; value; consequence: things of no account. | | 6. | estimation; judgment: In his account it was an excellent piece of work. | | 7. | an amount of money deposited wit
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h a bank, as in a checking or savings account: My account is now with Third National. | | 8. | Also called charge account. an accommodation or service extended by a business to a customer or client permitting the charging of goods or services, the returning for credit of unsatisfactory merchandise, etc.: Do you have an account at this store? My account with the restaurant is past due. | | 9. | a statement of financial transactions. | | 10. | Bookkeeping. | a. | a formal record of the debits an
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d credits relating to the person, business, etc., named at the head of the ledger account. | | b. | a balance of a specified period's receipts and expenditures. | | | 11. | Commerce. | a. | a business relation in which credit is used. | | b. | any customer or client, esp. one carried on a regular credit basis. | | c. | Also called advertising account. the business assigned to an advertising agency by a client: The toot
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hpaste account was awarded to a new agency last year. | | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to give an explanation (usually fol. by for): to account for the accident. | | 13. | to answer concerning one's conduct, duties, etc. (usually fol. by for): to account for the missing typewriters. | | 14. | to provide a report on money received, kept, and spent. | | 15. | to cause (usually fol. by for): The humidity accounts for our discomfort. His reckless driving accounted for the accident. | –verb (used with object) | 16. | to regard; consider as: I account myself well paid. | | 17. | to assign or impute (usually fol. by to): the many virtues accounted to him. | —Idioms | 18. | call to account, | a. | to hold accountable; blame; reprimand: Call them to account for having endangered their lives. | | b. | ask for an explanation of. | | | 19. | give a good (bad, etc.) account of, to do something or conduct oneself in a good (bad, etc.) manner: She gave a good account of herself in the tennis tournament. | | 20. | hold to account, to hold responsible; hold accountable or culpable: If any of the silver is missing, I'm going to hold you to account. | | 21. | on account, as an installment or a partial payment: I can't pay the balance, but here's $10 on account. | | 22. | on account of, | a. | by reason of; because of. | | b. | for the sake of: She saw it through on account of me. | | | 23. | on all accounts, in any case; under any circumstances. Also, at all accounts. | | 24. | on no account, under no circumstances; absolutely not: On no account should you buy that painting without having it appraised. | | 25. | take account of, | a. | to make allowance for; consider: One must take account of the difficult circumstances. Taking account of the high overhead, the price is not excessive. | Also, take into account. | | 26. | turn to account, to derive profit or use from; turn to advantage: She has turned her misfortunes to account. | |
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