acknowledgment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: acknowledgment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for acknowledgment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acknowledgment n the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own" Synonym(s): recognition, acknowledgment, acknowledgement a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" Synonym(s): citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" Synonym(s): acknowledgment, acknowledgement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acknowledgment \Acknowl"edgment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. 1. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. [bd]An acknowledgment of fault.[b8] --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.