Meaning of concession | Babel Free

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1. The act of conceding
2. An act of conceding, particularly: A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests. Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose, particularly: A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada. A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power
3. An accommodation made in the light of special or extenuating circumstances:allowance.
4. An act of conceding
   uncountable, usually
5. A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
   uncountable, usually
6. A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
   historical, uncountable, usually
7. A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests
8. something granted. As a concession we were given a day off work to go to the wedding. toegewing, tegemoetkoming; bewilliging; vergunning; konsessie إمْتِياز، تَنازُل отстъпка concessão ústupek das Zugeständnis indrømmelse; bevilling παραχώρησηconcesión mööndus امتیاز myönnytys concessionזיכיון रियायत, आज्ञा प्रदान povlastica, dozvola, koncesija engedmény konsesi eftirgjöf, tilhliðrun concessione 譲歩 양보 nuolaida piekāpšanās; atļauja konsesi concessieinnrømmelse, bevilling, konsesjonustępstwo ام...
9. Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
   historical, uncountable, usually
10. A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power.
    historical, uncountable, usually
11. Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose, particularly: A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada. A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power
12. The act of conceding.
13. A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
    Canada, uncountable, usually
14. A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada
15. Something, such as a point previously claimed in argument, that is later conceded.
16. The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)
    US, uncountable, usually
17. A grant of a tract of land made by a government or other controlling authority in return for stipulated services or a promise that the land will be used for a specific purpose.
18. A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
    uncountable, usually
19. A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration.
    uncountable, usually
20. The privilege of maintaining a subsidiary business within certain premises.
21. A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company.
    US, uncountable, usually
22. the act of yielding or conceding, as to a demand or argument
23. A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concessions stands.
    US, uncountable, usually
24. something conceded
25. A preferential tax rate.
    uncountable, usually
26. (Commerce) Brit a reduction in the usual price of a ticket granted to a special group of customers: a student concession.
    Brit
27. A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly.
    UK, uncountable, usually
28. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any grant of rights, land, or property by a government, local authority, corporation, or individual
29. An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this.
    rhetoric, uncountable, usually
30. Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.
    broadly, uncountable, usually
31. An admission of defeat following an election.
    uncountable, usually
32. A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
    uncountable, usually
33. A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
    US, uncountable, usually
34. An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
    US, plural-normally, uncountable, usually
35. A person eligible for a concession price (see above).
    UK, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Any parsone, prest or clerk, havyng any benefice... by wey of presentation, donation, concession, collation or institution.”

“In this country... civil war has been forestalled by opportune concession.”

“But these concessions failed, as I believe concessions to evil always do fail.”

“The French Concession in Shanghai”

“Just moments ago, I spoke with George W. Bush and congratulated him on becoming the 43rd president of the United States. And I promised him that I wouldn't call him back this time... tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.”

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