English term
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Native in: Japanese (Variant: Standard-Japan) 
Works in: Japanese to English, English to Japanese
accepted
In this case, I think "received" and "accepted" have same meaning. Is it correct?
This text is related to bribery.
Thank you in advance.
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NOT the same!
'accepted' on the other hand means that you have actively taken something that was offered — you had a choice, you could have refused it.
So in this (and indeed almost any other) context, they cannot be regarded as synonyms.
Tanzania
Translator and interpreter: MSc PHYSICS
Native in: Swahili (Variant: Tanzanian) 
Works in: Swahili, English to Swahili, Swahili to English, and 1 more.
accepted and received
"to come into possession of : acquire." this is the meaning of the word receive
with the explanation above they have a slight difference depending on your sentence
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\Please accept my present.
\Where can I use received? Used with nouns: "I received information from the counselor." "I received a paycheck at work." "She received a complaint from a customer." "He received funding for his project."
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Daryo
: there is no "AND" - it's an "OR" relation between the two terms // you won't find any "user manual" for bribery in general purpose dictionaries.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: They are not synonyms
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received = in the past vs accepted = yet to be "received"
"accepted" hospitality = have got an invitation that you have accepted for a freebie not yet "received? like free tickets for a future sports event. (in the future at the point in time when the question was asked)
The point is to close the escape route to weasels who would "forget" to declare a freebie that they have accepted but haven't yet used at the time of filling the form.
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Cilian O'Tuama
: It seems like no native input is required here - keep going all!
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Interesting way of answering a question: just reply "no answers needed" // OK, good to know for future use ...
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Tony M
: I don't think any temporel element really explains the difference here
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this interpretation sounds pretty plausible to me - as far as the very limited context can give any clues. // All we know is that it's about bribery, which is far from being a "simple" subject.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: Nothing to do with tenses
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I never mentioned verb tenses - only points in time. How would you explain the "already" part? Nothing to do with some kind of timeline?
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Indonesia
14yrs of EN-ID & ID-EN Translations
Native in: English (Variants: Australian, New Zealand, US, Canadian, UK, British, Singaporean, US South) , Indonesian (Variant: Standard-Indonesia)
Works in: English, Indonesian to English, English to Indonesian, and 1 more.
accepted and received are similar depending on context.
Q: Have you already received the hospitality?
A: Yes, but I plan to return it. (This does not guarantee the person will accept the bribe.
Q: Have you already accepted the hospitality?
A: Yes, I have. (This shows the person has accepted the bribe)
That being said, if the bribe was in the form of service (pleasures of the flesh or something that cannot be returned), then receiving the "hospitality" will mean the same as accepting.
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Mihaela C N Plamadeala
: This is absolutely correct, there is a slight nuance between the 2 terms. Received here means offered, just as Anthony explained above.
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Yes, Michaela! Thank you for reading too!
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Yvonne Gallagher
: More than a slight nuance. They are not synonyms
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Since there are many bribes here, I meet this quite often. So let me rephrase this for you. "Have you received the hospitality? Yes, I have" <- this bribe is in the form of massage by a prostitute. So 'receiving' here means he has accepted the bribe.
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Tony M
: The meanings are very different! 'Received' means something that you did not have the opportunity to refuse; 'accepted' implies there was some possibility you might have refused it.
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Yes Tony, that is what exactly what I meant in the post above.
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Afghanistan
Pashto & Urdu LSP Expert
Native in: Pashto (Pushto) (Variants: Pakistani , Afghani) , Urdu (Variant: Pakistan)
Works in: English to Pashto (Pushto), Pashto (Pushto) to English, Urdu to English, and 3 more.
received
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Tony M
: An over-simplification that doesn't really explain the difference in the specific context here.
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