cession

Definitions

1. That which is ceded.
   countable, uncountable
2. A risk, or part of one, which is transferred from one actor to another.
   countable, uncountable
3. A ceding or surrendering, as of territory to another country by treaty.
4. The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.
   countable, uncountable
5. Something, such as territory, that is ceded.
6. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the act of ceding, esp of ceding rights, property, or territory
7. (Law) the act of ceding, esp of ceding rights, property, or territory
8. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) something that is ceded, esp land or territory
9. the act of ceding, as by treaty.
10. something that is ceded, as territory.
11. n → Abtretung f; cession of land/territory → Gebietsabtretung (→ en pl) f
    n

Equivalents

Examples

“The reinsurance company accepted a 25% cession from the direct⟳ insurer.”

“[…] Rashleigh, whose occasions frequently call⟳ him elsewhere, has generously made a cession of his rights in my favour; so that I now endeavour to prosecute alone the studies in which he used formerly to be my guide⟳.”

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