ADMITTANCE

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The act of admitting.

2.
n.

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. Shak.

3.
n.

Concession; admission; allowance; as, the admittance of an argument. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

4.
n.

Admissibility. [Obs.] Shak.

5.
n.

The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. Bouvier.

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