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concession
[kuhn-sesh-uhn]
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.
concession
/ əˈɛʃə /
noun
the act of yielding or conceding, as to a demand or argument
something conceded
a reduction in the usual price of a ticket granted to a special group of customers
a 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
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
a land subdivision in a township survey
another name for concession road
Other 51Թ Forms
- concessional adjective
- nonconcession noun
- preconcession noun
- proconcession adjective
- subconcession noun
- Dzˈ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of concession1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of concession1
Example Sentences
Unless the city’s labor unions make financial concessions, the council would likely need to either tap the city’s reserve fund or pull money from other spending obligations, such as legal payouts or existing city programs.
Half-time should have been an opportunity to regroup and reset, but the third concession was perhaps the most egregious.
Major universities and law firms offered significant concessions to the administration this year to try to carve out breathing room.
Meanwhile the US administration has not publicly demanded any significant concessions from Russia.
More specifically, there are 408 salmon farming concessions – licenses granted by the government that allow a company to operate a salmon farm in a specific area – within supposedly environmentally protected areas in Chile.
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