accepter: meaning and definitions

To answer affirmatively: accept an invitation. To agree to take (a duty or responsibility).

To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval: accepted a glass of water; accepted their contract.

To admit to a group, organization, or place: accepted me as a new member of the club.

To regard as proper, usual, or right: Such customs are widely accepted. To regard as true; believe in: Scientists have accepted the new theory. To understand as having a specific meaning.

To endure resignedly or patiently: accept one's fate.

To be able to hold (something applied or inserted): This wood will not accept oil paints.

To receive officially: accept the committee's report.

To consent to pay, as by a signed agreement.

To take payment in the form of: a store that does not accept checks.

Medicine To receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without immunological rejection.

also One who signs a draft or bill of exchange.

Chemistry An atom that accepts or incorporates a part from a donor, especially an atom that incorporates electrons to form a bond with another atom.