English-Thai Dictionary
acknowledgment
N การ ยอมรับ acknowledgement kan-yom-rab
acknowledgment
N การแสดง ความ ขอบคุ ณ acknowledgement appreciation gratefulness kan-sa-daeng-khwam-khob-khun
acknowledgment
N การ แสดงว่า ได้รับ การรับรู้ acknowledgement kan-sa-daeng-wa-dai-rab
acknowledgment
N ใบ ตอบรับ ข้อความ แสดงว่า ได้รับ acknowledgement bai-tob-rab
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
n. 1. The act of owning; confession; as, the acknowledgment of a fault.
2. The owning, with approbation, or in the true character; as the acknowledgment of a God, or of a public minister.
3. Concession; admission of the truth; as, of a fact, position, or principle.
4. The owning of a benefit received, accompanied with gratitude; and hence it combines the ideas of an expression of thanks. Hence, it is used also for something given or done in return for a favor.
5. A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer.
Acknowledgment-money, in some parts of England, is a sum paid by tenants, on the death of their landlord, as an acknowledgment of their new lords.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Ac *knowl "edg *ment, n.
1. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. "An acknowledgment of fault. " Froude.
2. The act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness. Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. Hooker.
3. The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks. Shak.
4. Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc. Smollett.
5. A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration. Acknowledgment money, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords. Cowell.
Syn. -- Confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal; recognizance.
New American Oxford Dictionary
acknowledgment
ac knowl edg ment |akˈnälijmənt əkˈnɑləʤmənt |(also acknowledgement ) ▶noun 1 acceptance of the truth or existence of something: there was no acknowledgment of the family's trauma. 2 the action of expressing or displaying gratitude or appreciation for something: he received an award in acknowledgment of his work. • the action of showing that one has noticed someone or something: he touched his hat in acknowledgment of the salute. • a letter confirming receipt of something: I received an acknowledgment of my application. 3 (usu. acknowledgments ) an author's or publisher's statement of indebtedness to others, typically one printed at the beginning of a book.
American Oxford Thesaurus
acknowledgment
acknowledgment noun 1 acknowledgment of the need to take new initiatives: acceptance, recognition, admission, concession, confession. 2 a smile of acknowledgment: greeting, welcome, salutation. 3 she left without a word of acknowledgment: thanks, gratitude, appreciation, recognition. 4 I sent off the form, but there was no acknowledgment: answer, reply, response.
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