retrocession
- a word derived from retrocede.
Example Sentences
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UK P&I Club said on Dec. 23 that the issue had arisen because of a lack of availability of reinsurance for reinsurers, also known as retrocession.
From Reuters ● Dec. 28, 2022
Rep. Andy Harris, the only Republican in Maryland’s congressional delegation and a longtime opponent to D.C. autonomy, also supports the retrocession proposal.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2021
While retrocession of any remaining part of Washington to Maryland is most unlikely, Mr. Chaffetz has placed himself in a historical tradition rich with irony and disappointment for many Washingtonians.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2017
First Muir beat him on Yosemite retrocession, and then my father stole his granddaughter.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 25, 2016
The sentences were not carried out and the prisoners were released, March 1803, on the retrocession of the Cape to Holland.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
