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Webster 1913 Edition


Admittance

Ad-mit′tance

,
Noun.
1.
The act of admitting.
2.
Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception.
To gain
admittance
into the house.
South.
He desires
admittance
to the king.
Dryden.
To give
admittance
to a thought of fear.
Shakespeare
3.
Concession; admission; allowance;
as, the
admittance
of an argument
.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
4.
Admissibility.
[Obs.]
Shak.
5.
(Eng. Law)
The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
Bouvier.
Syn. – Admission; access; entrance; initiation.
Admittance
,
Admission
. These words are, to some extent, in a state of transition and change. Admittance is now chiefly confined to its primary sense of access into some locality or building. Thus we see on the doors of factories, shops, etc. “No admittance.” Its secondary or moral sense, as “admittance to the church,” is almost entirely laid aside. Admission has taken to itself the secondary or figurative senses;
as,
admission
to the rights of citizenship; admission to the church; the admissions made by one of the parties in a dispute
. And even when used in its primary sense, it is not identical with admittance. Thus, we speak of admission into a country, territory, and other larger localities, etc., where admittance could not be used. So, when we speak of admission to a concert or other public assembly, the meaning is not perhaps exactly that of admittance, viz., access within the walls of the building, but rather a reception into the audience, or access to the performances. But the lines of distinction on this subject are one definitely drawn.

Webster 1828 Edition


Admittance

ADMIT'TANCE

,
Noun.
1.
The act of admitting; allowance. More usually,
2.
Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; and hence, actual entrance; as, he gained admittance into the church.
3.
Concession; admission; allowance; as the admittance of an argument. [Not used.]
4.
Shakespeare uses the word for the custom or prerogative of being admitted; 'Sir John, you are a gentleman of excellent breeding, of great admittance': but the license is unwarrantable.

Definition 2024


admittance

admittance

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Noun

admittance (countable and uncountable, plural admittances)

  1. The act of admitting.
  2. Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
  3. Actual entrance, reception.
  4. (Britain, law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
  5. (physics) The reciprocal of impedance

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admittance f (plural admittances)

  1. (physics) admittance