concession

[ kuh n-sesh-uh n ]

/ kənˈsɛʃ ən /

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noun

the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument: He made no concession to caution.

the thing or point yielded: Management offered a shorter workweek as a concession.

something conceded by a government or a controlling authority, as a grant of land, a privilege, or a franchise.

a space or privilege within certain premises for a subsidiary business or service: the refreshment concession at a movie theater.

Canadian. any of the usually sixteen divisions of a township, each division being 10 sq. mi. (26 sq. km) in area and containing thirty-two 200-acre lots.

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Origin of concession

1605–15; 1910–15 for def 4; < Latin concēssiōn- (stem of concēssiō), equivalent to concēss(us) (past participle of concēdere to concede) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

con·ces·sion·al, adjectivenon·con·ces·sion, nounpre·con·ces·sion, nounpro·con·ces·sion, adjective

sub·con·ces·sion, noun

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Examples from the Web for concession

At his concession speech, he told his staff to get ready to go work the next day.
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The constitution was rewritten retrospectively in an attempt to put the concession beyond legal challenge.
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But there remains an underlying air of stress, from the media tent to the concession stands.
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But catching glimpses of the concession speeches from the above quintumverate would make the night a lot less painful.
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Is this a concession in the land of the anything goes world of Juggalos?
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Maizie would get fifty, Tony and his wife a hundred smackers, another fifty for the concession.
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This concession, apparently simple and unobjectionable, was fatal to the views of Mendez.
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He nodded, swallowing hard, as if the concession well-nigh choked him.
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I hate, where I looked for a manly furtherance, or at least a manly resistance, to find a mush of concession.
Essays, First Series|Ralph Waldo Emerson
She saw that she must make some concession to him, if she was to keep any of her influence over him.
King Coal|Upton Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for concession

concession

/ (kənˈsɛʃən) /

noun

the act of yielding or conceding, as to a demand or argument

something conceded

British a reduction in the usual price of a ticket granted to a special group of customersa student concession

any grant of rights, land, or property by a government, local authority, corporation, or individual

the right, esp an exclusive right, to market a particular product in a given area

US and Canadian

the right to maintain a subsidiary business on a lessor's premises
the premises so granted or the business so maintained
a free rental period for such premises

Canadian (chiefly in Ontario and Quebec)

a land subdivision in a township survey
another name for concession road

Derived Formsconcessible, adjective

Word Origin for concession

C16: from Latin concēssiō an allowing, from concēdere to concede

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Word Origin and History for concession

concession

mid-15c., from Old French concession (14c.) or directly from Latin concessionem (nominative concessio) "an allowing, conceding," noun of action from past participle stem of concedere (see concede). Meaning "right or privilege granted by government" is from 1650s. "Refreshment stand" sense is from 1910.