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concession

[ kuhn-sesh-uhn ]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. the thing or point yielded:

    Management offered a shorter workweek as a concession.

  3. something conceded by a government or a controlling authority, as a grant of land, a privilege, or a franchise.
  4. a space or privilege within certain premises for a subsidiary business or service:

    the refreshment concession at a movie theater.

  5. 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.


concession

/ kənˈsɛʃən /

noun

  1. the act of yielding or conceding, as to a demand or argument
  2. something conceded
  3. a reduction in the usual price of a ticket granted to a special group of customers

    a student concession

  4. any grant of rights, land, or property by a government, local authority, corporation, or individual
  5. the right, esp an exclusive right, to market a particular product in a given area
    1. the right to maintain a subsidiary business on a lessor's premises
    2. the premises so granted or the business so maintained
    3. a free rental period for such premises
  6. chiefly in Ontario and Quebec
    1. a land subdivision in a township survey
    2. another name for concession road
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • conˈcessible, adjective
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Other Words From

  • con·ces·sion·al adjective
  • non·con·ces·sion noun
  • pre·con·ces·sion noun
  • pro·con·ces·sion adjective
  • sub·con·ces·sion noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of concession1

First recorded in 1605–15; 1910–15 concession fordef 4; from Latin concēssiōn- (stem of concēssiō ), equivalent to concēss(us) (past participle of concēdere ”to concede ”) + -iōn- -ion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of concession1

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

No mention was a concession or, as perhaps they let us know later, an indulgence of our presence at the dinner table or the reunion.

Because 25 percent of revenue from tickets and concessions is a lot more than 0 percent.

Certainly, what is being proposed does not give either side a big win, but will give both sides a good amount of concessions that advocate for their positions.

This engendered some resentment among Clinton supporters, but it also led to some fairly large concessions to the Sanders faction.

While the boycott brought considerable publicity to the issue of hate speech and disinformation on Facebook, the company made relatively modest concessions to the organizers.

At his concession speech, he told his staff to get ready to go work the next day.

The constitution was rewritten retrospectively in an attempt to put the concession beyond legal challenge.

And that small concession by Abe inflamed critics in Japan, who called it “a losing strategy.”

But there remains an underlying air of stress, from the media tent to the concession stands.

By 6:15, the tented concession stands have run out of sandwiches and chips and are only selling granola bars and soda.

Gordon turned his pleading eyes on his old friend without a ray of concession; but for a moment he hesitated.

Nay; I see fresh reasons for my hope that such concession is far nearer than is generally imagined.

It was thought that concession on the part of Great Britain ought in justice to meet with concession on the part of America.

Groups of young people milled around the “concession” which served the delicious cooling drinks.

“You sure have beaten any other individual concession on the lot,” Amy told her at the end of the evening.

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