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Concession
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- 1 The act of conceding. uncountable, usually
"Any parsone, prest or clerk, havyng any benefice... by wey of presentation, donation, concession, collation or institution."
- 2 a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business wordnet
- 3 An act of conceding; A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests. uncountable, usually
"But these concessions failed, as I believe concessions to evil always do fail."
- 4 the act of conceding or yielding wordnet
- 5 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. historical, uncountable, usually
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- 6 a point conceded or yielded wordnet
- 7 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. historical, uncountable, usually
"The French Concession in Shanghai"
- 8 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). Canada, uncountable, usually
- 9 An act of conceding; Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose; The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below) US, uncountable, usually
- 10 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. uncountable, usually
- 11 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. US, uncountable, usually
- 12 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. US, uncountable, usually
- 13 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. uncountable, usually
- 14 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. UK, uncountable, usually
- 15 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. rhetoric, uncountable, usually
- 16 An act of conceding; Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this. broadly, uncountable, usually
- 17 An act of conceding; An admission of defeat following an election. uncountable, usually
"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."
- 18 A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor. uncountable, usually
- 19 A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above). US, uncountable, usually
- 20 An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand. US, plural-normally, uncountable, usually
- 21 A person eligible for a concession price (see above). UK, uncountable, usually
- 1 To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.
"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."
Etymology
From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Doublet of concessio.
From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Doublet of concessio.
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