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admission

/ədˈmɪʃən/ noun B1
  1. The act or practice of admitting. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access (countable, uncountable) · I request admission for two adults.
  3. The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession. (countable, uncountable)
  4. 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. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence (countable, uncountable)
  6. The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry. (countable, uncountable) · There is no way he has seen that show, the admission is more than he makes in a week.

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The Avonlea Debating Club, which met fortnightly all winter, had had several smaller free entertainments; but this was to be a big affair, admission ten cents, in aid of the library.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 148 · C1
Why should she fight against every admission until it was forced from her?
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 147 · C1
I used all my influence with one of the committee, a young peer of my acquaintance, to get admission to one of the galleries.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 870 · C1
By your own admission you were the last person to handle it.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 95 · C1

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