concession
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Doublet of concessio.
Inflected forms:
form: concessions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: concessions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: concessioning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: concessioned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: concessioned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The act of conceding.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Any parsone, prest or clerk, havyng any benefice... by wey of presentation, donation, concession, collation or institution.
In this country... civil war has been forestalled by opportune concession.
gloss: An act of conceding
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: But these concessions failed, as I believe concessions to evil always do fail.
gloss: An act of conceding
pos: noun
tags: historical
uncountable
usually
gloss: An act of conceding
pos: noun
tags: historical
uncountable
usually
examples: The French Concession in Shanghai
gloss: An act of conceding
pos: noun
tags: Canada
uncountable
usually
gloss: An act of conceding
pos: noun
tags: US
uncountable
usually
gloss: An act of conceding
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: An act of conceding
pos: noun
tags: US
uncountable
usually
gloss: An act of conceding
pos: noun
tags: US
uncountable
usually
gloss: An act of conceding
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: An act of conceding
pos: noun
tags: UK
uncountable
usually
gloss: An act of conceding
pos: noun
tags: rhetoric
uncountable
usually
gloss: An act of conceding
pos: noun
tags: broadly
uncountable
usually
gloss: An act of conceding
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: 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.
gloss: A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
pos: noun
tags: US
uncountable
usually
gloss: An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
pos: noun
tags: US
plural-normally
uncountable
usually
gloss: A person eligible for a concession price (see above).
pos: noun
tags: UK
uncountable
usually
gloss: To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.
pos: verb
examples: While the process of bringing the private sector into the railroad industry in Vietnam is probably not going to be a single step, several countries have pursued the path of concessioning their rail operations in order to reduce the public fiscal burden associated with rail subsidization and to improve a deficient service.
[A] consultant was contracted for one year to prepare the legal and administrative framework for concessioning selected roads to the private sector and is expected to complete the framework in July 2005.
Synonyms: tithe
Related words: paromologia
paromology
Derived words: anticoncession
concessionaire
concessional
concessionary
concession-contraexpectation
concession-counter-expectation
concessioner
concessionism
concessionist
concession road
concession speech
concession stand
nonconcession
unconcession
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: զիջում
roman: ziǰum
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 讓步 /让步
roman: ràngbù
lang: Czech
word: vzdání se
lang: Czech
word: ústupek
lang: Finnish
word: myönnytys
lang: Finnish
word: myöntäminen
lang: Finnish
word: hyväksyntä
lang: Finnish
word: periksi antaminen
lang: German
word: Zugeständnis
lang: Bulgarian
word: концесия
roman: koncesija
lang: Finnish
word: maan luovutus
lang: German
word: gewährtes Grundstück
lang: Greek
word: παραχώρηση
roman: parachórisi
lang: Indonesian
word: konsesi
lang: Japanese
word: 租界
roman: sokai
lang: Malay
word: konsesi
lang: Portuguese
word: concessão
lang: Romanian
word: concesiune
lang: Romanian
word: teren concesionat
lang: Russian
word: концессия
roman: koncessija
lang: Swedish
word: koncession
lang: Ukrainian
word: конце́сія
roman: koncésija
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 特許權 /特许权
roman: tèxǔquán
lang: Czech
word: koncese
lang: Esperanto
word: koncesio
lang: Finnish
word: toimilupa
lang: Japanese
word: 利権
roman: riken