reject

reject: ▪ I. reject re‧ject ² [ˈriːdʒekt] noun [countable]

a product which is not good enough and will be thrown away or sold cheaply:

• If the number of rejects exceeds this level, the batch is returned.

[m0] ▪ II. reject re‧ject ¹ [rɪˈdʒekt] verb [transitive]

1. to refuse to accept a request, suggestion, or offer:

• The Commerce Department rejected applications for 39 export licenses.

• The proposals were rejected by a large majority.

2. HUMAN RESOURCES to refuse to accept someone for a job, course of study etc:

• He was rejected for the job because of his age.

3. COMMERCE to throw away or refuse to accept something that has been made because its quality is not good enough:

• A buyer may reject goods which do not conform to the sample.

— rejection noun [countable, uncountable] :

• The miners reversed their earlier rejection of the company's proposals.

• After the job interview, the company sent her a rejection letter wishing her luck in her search for work.

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reject UK US /rɪˈdʒekt/ verb [T]

► to refuse to accept an idea, suggestion, etc.: »The committee will decide whether to accept or reject the offer.
» reject a suggestion/proposal/argument
»reject a claim/criticism/allegation
reject sth as sth »The board rejected the idea as being too risky.

► HR, WORKPLACE to decide not to choose someone for a job or for a place on a course of study, etc.: »We rejected ten candidates in the first round of interviews.
»25% of applicants are rejected because of lack of experience.

► COMMERCE to decide that goods cannot be accepted because they are of low quality: »Three shipments of beans were rejected because they had traces of illegal pesticides.

→ Compare ACCEPT(Cf. ↑accept)

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reject UK US /ˈriːdʒekt/ noun [C]

► COMMERCE something that cannot be accepted because it is of low quality: »a factory reject
»Most of the crowd control drugs tested by the US military were rejects from the pharmaceutical industry.

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Reject — EP par Anti Flag, Against All Authority Sortie 1996 Durée 12:29 Genre Punk rock Label A F Records Records of Rebellion … Wikipédia en Français
Reject — Re*ject (r? j?kt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rejected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rejecting}.] [L. rejectus, p. p. of reicere, rejicere; pref. re re + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] [1913 Webster] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reject — re·ject /ri jekt/ vt: to refuse to accept, acknowledge, or grant compare revoke Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. reject … Law dictionary
reject — (v.) early 15c., from L. rejectus, pp. of reicere to throw back, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + icere, comb. form of iacere to throw (see JET (Cf. jet) (v.)). Related: Rejected; rejecting. The noun is first … Etymology dictionary
reject — vb repudiate, spurn, refuse, *decline Analogous words: *discard, cast, shed: oust, expel, dismiss, *eject: *exclude, debar, shut out, eliminate Antonyms: accept: choose, select … New Dictionary of Synonyms
reject — is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable as a noun and with the stress on the second syllable as a verb … Modern English usage
reject — [v] say no to burn*, cashier*, cast aside, cast off, cast out, chuck, decline, deny, despise, disallow, disbelieve, discard, discount, discredit, disdain, dismiss, eliminate, exclude*, give thumbs down to*, jettison, jilt, kill*, nix*, not buy*,… … New thesaurus
reject — ► VERB 1) dismiss as inadequate or faulty. 2) refuse to consider or agree to. 3) fail to show due affection or concern for. 4) Medicine show a damaging immune response to (a transplanted organ or tissue). ► NOUN ▪ a rejected person or thing.… … English terms dictionary
reject — [ri jekt′; ] for n. [ rē′jekt] vt. [LME rejecten < L rejectus, pp. of reicere, rejicere, to throw or fling back < re , back + jacere, to throw: see JET1] 1. to refuse to take, agree to, accede to, use, believe, etc. 2. to discard or throw… … English World dictionary
reject — I UK [rɪˈdʒekt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms reject : present tense I/you/we/they reject he/she/it rejects present participle rejecting past tense rejected past participle rejected *** 1) a) to not agree to an offer, proposal, or request It… … English dictionary

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