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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Admittance \Ad*mit"tance\, n. (Elec.) The reciprocal of impedance. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Admittance \Ad*mit"tance\, n. 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. --Shak. 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. Usage: {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: admittance n 1: the right to enter [syn: {entree}, {access}] 2: the act of admitting someone to enter "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic" [syn: {admission}]
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