Acceptance (of an application or submission): formally receiving and accepting a document or request for processing; a bureaucratic/administrative term.
申請書は本日付で受理されました。
The application was received and accepted today.
受理番号を控えておいてください。
Please keep your receipt/processing number.
書類不備のため、申請が受理されなかった。
The application was not accepted due to incomplete documents.