Concessional
adj, noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A resident of a nursing home who has limited means and whose accommodation is consequently partly paid for by the government. Australia
"Every weekend and after work she'd done the rounds of the nursing homes. All are bound by law to take a percentage of 'concessionals'. But the waiting lists! On one he's placed at seventy-five."
- 2 Synonym of concessive.
"[…] where the subordinate clause expresses a contingency that applies to the main clause — timing and placing, conditionals, concessionals and all the other kinds of so-called adverbial clauses."
- 1 Of, relating to, or being a concession; concessionary.
Synonyms
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More examples"Every weekend and after work she'd done the rounds of the nursing homes. All are bound by law to take a percentage of 'concessionals'. But the waiting lists! On one he's placed at seventy-five."
Etymology
From concession + -al.
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