Debt, once anathema for the middle class, is now an acceptable means to an end.
Is this an acceptable means of communication for you?
Unfortunately, these are not a practical or acceptable means of collecting debts in most industries.
The court ultimately condoned zoning as an acceptable means of community regulation.
Marriage is an efficient, socially acceptable means to satisfy those physical needs.
If he is to leave office early, a referendum should be the only acceptable means.
The postal acceptance rule does not apply in every case, even if the parties involved consider the post to be an acceptable means of communication.
The two sides disagree only about the acceptable means of attaining this supreme good.
She needs to learn a more acceptable means of getting people to do things.
Violence has never been an acceptable and justified means of protecting rights and freedoms.