accept something as something
- accept something as something
accept something as something
1. to agree that something will serve in payment of a debt or in return for something. •
This receipt shows that we have accepted your money as payment on your debt.
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This money has been accepted as reimbursement for the expenditure.
2. to resign [oneself] to something that cannot be changed. •
I must accept what you say as the final decision.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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