Would it not please Ruas the king to be the friend of the emperor, a general of the empire, and the acceptor, on each recurring season of the Circensian games, of full two hundred pounds of gold as recompense for service and friendship?
"Historic Girls"
E. S. Brooks
Indeed, it is to be distinctly stated and emphasized, that Emerson is essentially a priest, and that the key to all he has said and written is to be found in the fact that his point of view is not that of the acceptor, the creator,-Shakespeare's point of view,-but that of the refiner and selector, the priest's point of view.
"Birds and Poets"
John Burroughs
It occupies the position of the acceptor of a draft.
"Studies in Civics"
James T. McCleary