admission

Noun

Synonyms: admittance entrance fee admission charge admission fee admission price price of admission entrance money entree access accession

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

the act of admitting someone to enter“the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic”Synonyms: admittance
an acknowledgment of the truth of something
the fee charged for admissionSynonyms: entrance fee admission charge admission fee admission price price of admission entrance money
the right to enterSynonyms: entree access accession admittance

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Admission \Ad*mis"sion\, n. [L. admissio: cf. F. admission. See Admit.]

1.The act or practice of admitting. [1913 Webster]

2.Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach. [1913 Webster]

What numbers groan for sad admission there!— Young.[1913 Webster]

3.The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something ?serted; acknowledgment; concession. [1913 Webster]

The too easy admission of doctrines.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

4.(Law) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry. [1913 Webster]

5.A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence. [1913 Webster]

6.(Eng. Eccl. Law) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented. --Shipley. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Admittance; concession; acknowledgment; concurrence; allowance. See Admittance. [1913 Webster]