concession
noun
the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument.
concessions
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pluralof concession.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It began in 1888 with his effort to unite separate railway craft unions behind demands for wage concessions from the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Despite the government's apparent attempts to make concessions, the students show no sign of backing down.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
According to the case file seen by AFP, their consortium used shell companies and Albanian and foreign nationals, notably Dutch and Italian, to conceal the identity of the real owners of the concessions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
White House spokesman Rogers told me “the Venezuelan ministries that have power to grant concessions were the ones that lawfully granted these concessions” to NABEP.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
We had both made concessions for this new American life; it was inevitable.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
