Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the
         constituent elements into which all contracts are
         resolved.

   {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, or
   {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms.
      This engagement is usually made by writing the word
      ``accepted'' across the face of the bill.

   {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an
      intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of
      the transaction.

   6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]

   {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under
      {Accept}.