Secular Humanist wrote:
On 8/24/10 7:08 PM, Larry wrote:
YukonBound wrote:
admittance test
Don't you mean "admission test" or is that a Canadian term?


No, ****brain, he means admittance:


admittance

(ædˈmɪtəns)

[f. admit + -ance, cf. remittance; after Fr. and Eng. analogies in
assistance, attendance, etc. The analogical formation on L. admittens
would be admittence.]

The action of admitting, now confined to the literal sense of giving
entrance, the fig. ideas connected with admit being expressed by
admission.

1.1 The action of admitting, letting in, or giving entrance;
permission to enter. Usually attributed to the person admitted: ‘our
admittance (by the porter) into the grounds’ rather than ‘the porter's
admittance of us’; thus = the fact of being admitted, entrance given
or allowed. a.1.a lit. into a place.

1593 Thynne Let. in Animadv. (1865) 97 Whene your Lordship will
vouchsafe mee admyttance to your presence. 1611 Shakes. Cymb. ii.
iii. 73 'Tis Gold Which buyes admittance. 1635 Naunton Fragm. Reg.
in Phenix (1708) I. 208 He came up per ardua‥not pulled up by Chance,
or by any gentle admittance of Fortune. a 1704 Locke (J.) There are
some ideas which have admittance only through one sense. 1731
Arbuthnot On Aliments (J.) As to the admittance of the weighty elastic
parts of the air into the blood. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. (1872) I.
vii. ix. 238 He gets admittance through the locked and padlocked
grates. Mod. ‘No admittance except on business.’
I never said it wasn't a word, expert. It just doesn't fit in that
context. Care to try again?

Google "admittance test" and then "admission test" and let me know if
you get the same results. Here's a hint: the ratio is 29:1