1590s, "act of acknowledging," from acknowledge + -ment. "An early instance of -ment added to an orig. Eng. vb." [OED]. Meaning "token of due recognition" is recorded fro [..]

A communication by a supplier to advise a purchaser that a purchase order has been received. It usually implies acceptance of the order by the supplier.

Historically, suppliers would issue an ‘order acknowledgement’ to advise the buyer that a purchase order had been received.  The order acknowledgement can become part of the ‘battle of the forms’.  Th [..]

recognition: the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"; "she seems to avoid much [..]

1. A response sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission. Note: An example of an acknowledgement is a protocol data unit, or element thereof, between peer entities, to indicate the status of data units that have been successfully received. 2. A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's c [..]

When a modem receives a data packet, it sends a signal back to the sending modem. If all the data is present and correct, it sends an ACK signal, which acts as a request for the next data packet.

Section of a manuscript sometimes included by authors to recognize/thank the contributions of others who did not qualify for authorship credit. If a journal does not have a separate Funding Source sec [..]

(n) the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged(n) a statement acknowledging something or someone

In marine insurance, a form issued to acknowledge that insurance is in effect for a specific shipment. Usually issued to a consignee by the shipper or someone acting on their behalf, such as a freight forwarder. The issuer may not have details of the actual coverage provided by the policy.

a signed statement that a person has read important information about smallpox and smallpox vaccine, understands what he or she has read, and agrees to voluntarily receive smallpox vaccine

By making a reservation to purchase a holiday product from Sunwing you, the passenger, hereby acknowledge that you have read and accept the Terms and Conditions contained herein.

An acknowledgement is a response sent by a receiver to a sender indicating successful reception of information. Acknowledgements may be implemented at any protocol level of the OSI reference model.

A deed by which the executor(s) of a deceased estate pass an interest in Old System land to the devisee under a will.

A declaration or a vow of one’s act or of a fact to make it legal, especially before a qualified public officer. The term “notary acknowledgment” denotes the notary section of legal documents.

A certificate completed by a notary public and attached to a document as evidence that the document was signed by a particular person.