accept : Idioms & Phrases
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generally accepted accounting principles
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noun a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures
GAAP.
WordNet
To accept a bill
(Law) , to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due.
Webster 1913
To accept service
(Law) , to agree that a writ or process shall be considered as regularly served, when it has not been.
Webster 1913
To accept the person
(Eccl.) , to show favoritism. "God accepteth no man's person."