To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]
receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
To receive with intent to retain and adopt; to accept something offered.
Accept is to receive something with approval and intention to keep it. This use often arises on the question of accepting a payment which is late or not complete or accepting the "service" (delivery) of legal papers.
To accept a report is the same as adopting and approving the report as presented, including any and all of its recommendations. A motion to accept a report must be seconded, and may be debated, amended, carried, or defeated.
To formally receive legal and physical custody of an item-usually a donation-for the purpose of including it in the collection. Donations and purchases should be documented by an exchange of appropriate paperwork.
In layman's terms this means to receive something with approval and an intention to keep it. Legally it comes in to play over the question of accepting late or incomplete payments or in accepting delivery, or service, of legal papers.
Acceptance of an offer has legal significance because it is usually the last formal step in concluding a contract. After an offer in certain terms has been made by one party on the basis that acceptance will create a legally binding contract and the other