concession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɛʃən/
Forms: form: concessions
Etymology: From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Doublet of concessio.
Senses: examples: text: Any parsone, prest or clerk, havyng any benefice... by wey of presentation, donation, concession, collation or institution.
ref: c. 1472, October, Rolls of Parliament, Edward IV, 2nd Roll, §8
text: In this country... civil war has been forestalled by opportune concession.
ref: 1876, James Bowling Mozley, Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford, v, 130:
glosses: The act of conceding.
examples: text: But these concessions failed, as I believe concessions to evil always do fail.
ref: 1865, John Bright, Speeches of John Bright, M.P., on the American Question,, page 174:
glosses: An act of conceding
A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
glosses: An act of conceding
Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
examples: The French Concession in Shanghai
glosses: An act of conceding
Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power.
glosses: An act of conceding
Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
glosses: An act of conceding
Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)
glosses: An act of conceding
A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration.
glosses: An act of conceding
A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company.
glosses: An act of conceding
A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concessions stands.
glosses: An act of conceding
A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
A preferential tax rate.
glosses: An act of conceding
A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly.
glosses: An act of conceding
An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this.
synonyms: concessio
glosses: An act of conceding
Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.
examples: text: Just moments ago, I spoke with George W. Bush and congratulated him on becoming the 43rd president of the United States. And I promised him that I wouldn't call him back this time... tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.
ref: 2000 December 13, Al Gore, Concession Speech:
glosses: An act of conceding
An admission of defeat following an election.
glosses: A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
glosses: A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
glosses: An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
glosses: A person eligible for a concession price (see above).
Synonyms: sense: granting a request
word: tithe
sense: a smaller business operating under another's aegis
word: franchise
Derived terms: anticoncession
concessionaire
concessional
concessionary
concession-contraexpectation
concession-counter-expectation
concessioner
concessionism
concessionist
concession road
concession speech
concession stand
nonconcession
unconcession
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