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View definitions for accepting

accepting

adjective as in acceptant

adjective as in believing

adjective as in forgiving

Weak match

adjective as in listening

adjective as in receiving

adjective as in using

noun as in getting

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Two months later, he reduced the price to $4.75 million; then he waited three more months before accepting an offer.

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In accepting these terms, Hamas effectively acknowledges its defeat, even if it hopes to bide its time and live to fight another day.

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“It’s a sad day when a large property owner starts accepting gold instead of the dollar,” he said.

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We can start by accepting that it is normal to be inconsistent sometimes, the experts say.

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The judge also quoted Fifth Third’s lawyer, who likened accepting the bourbon barrels as the loan payment to “being asked to catch a falling knife.”

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