The phrase "accept a label" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of agreeing to be identified or categorized in a certain way, often in social or personal contexts.
Example: "After much reflection, she decided to accept a label that resonated with her identity."
Alternatives: "embrace a label" or "adopt a label".
Ann Dowd, 61, nominated for Emmys for both "The Leftovers" and "The Handmaid's Tale," recently penned a piece for the Hollywood Reporter condemning the character actor term, stating that she would "never accept" a label she hadn't placed on herself.
Making people accept a label in order to access entitlements therefore has negative consequences.
We were interested in determining if people would support a law requiring physicians to prescribe the drug with the lowest environmental impact, and if they would accept a label describing the negative environmental impact of OTC drugs.
This reluctance to accept a label prevails, despite it being recognised that three out of five of us will, at some time in our lives, become carers.
An assistant warden agreed to accept a box labeled "release clothing," containing the good suit he had worn when he came to America.
Or, we can accept a policy that labels innocent children as "criminals" and arrest and deport hundreds of thousands of youth on taxpayer dollars.
"Even the politicians who might plausibly be called heirs to the fascist tradition – Marine Le Pen, say, who was roughly as sassy, edgy and pretty as Sarkar when she started out – would never accept such a label".
There are other reasons for accepting a Christian label as well.
— Earlier this month, Spotify inked a new deal with Universal Music, which saw the label accept a lower royalty payment per-play from Spotify (meaning more kept by the streaming company), but also gained some ground in windowing, where songs will not be available in Spotify's free tier, and only its paid tier, in the first two weeks of the release.
Critics say this creates a conflict of interest, in which labels could accept a lower royalty rate in exchange the benefits of ownership, like profits from a sale.
When songwriters and publishers found themselves in this situation, they received no support from the record companies – in fact, the PRS was pressured by labels to accept a ridiculously low-rate deal in order for them to be able to get ad revenue.
