concession

concession
con|ces|sion [ kən`seʃn ] noun **
▸ 1 something you allow/agree to
▸ 2 right given to someone
▸ 3 things sold at stand
▸ 4 admitting you won't win
▸ 5 reduction in taxes etc.
1. ) count something you give or allow to someone in order to reach an agreement:
make a concession: You have to be prepared to make concessions in a relationship.
concession on: The company has already made several concessions on pay.
concession to: He said there could be no concessions to the terrorists.
a ) concession to something that you choose to do because it is sensible or convenient for the situation you are in:
His only concession to the formality of the occasion was to wear a tie.
2. ) count a right that is given to a person or group, for example to sell something or do a particular activity:
Russia has recently sold timber concessions to Japanese and Korean companies.
a ) a small store or business inside a building owned by a larger business
=> CONCESSION STAND
3. ) concessions plural AMERICAN things that are sold at a CONCESSION STAND
4. ) uncount the fact of admitting that you will not win something such as an argument or game
5. ) count a reduction in the rate of something such as taxes for some groups of people:
tax concessions
a ) MAINLY BRITISH a reduction in the price of something for some groups of people such as students

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • concession — [ kɔ̃sesjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1264; lat. concessio 1 ♦ Action de concéder (un droit, un privilège, une terre); acte qui concède. ⇒ cession, 1. don, octroi. Concession d un privilège (⇒ charte) . Faire la concession d un terrain. Concession commerciale,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Concession — may refer to: Concession (politics): failure to challenge or cessation of challenging, as in conceding an election or conceding a game . Concession (contract): a contracted out service, as in concession stand. A contractual right to carry on a… …   Wikipedia

  • concession — con·ces·sion n 1: an act or instance of conceding or yielding 2: something conceded: as a: acknowledgment admission b: something granted esp. as an inducement (as to enter into an agreement) c: a grant of real property esp. by a gov …   Law dictionary

  • concession — CONCESSION. s. f. Le don et l octroi qu un Souverain ou un Seigneur de quelque Terre, fait de quelque privilége, de quelque droit, de quelque grâce, etc. Ce privilége est une concession d un tel Roi. Ils ont eu ce droit, etc. par la concession d… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Concession — Con*ces sion, n. [L. concessio, fr. concedere: cf. F. concession. See {Concede}.] 1. The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • concession — mid 15c., from O.Fr. concession (14c.) or directly from L. concessionem (nom. concessio) an allowing, conceding, noun of action from concess , pp. stem of concedere (see CONCEDE (Cf. concede)). Meaning right or privilege granted by government is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • concession — [kən sesh′ən] n. [ME & OFr < L concessio < concessus, pp. of concedere] 1. an act or instance of conceding, granting, or yielding 2. a thing conceded or granted; acknowledgment, as of an argument or claim 3. a privilege granted by a… …   English World dictionary

  • Concession — (v. lat.), die Erlaubniß einer Regierung, ein bürgerliches Gewerbe unter gewissen Bedingungen zu betreiben. Die C. gilt nur für die Person, welcher sie ertheilt ist (Concessionär), u. kann nicht durch Erbschaft od. Kauf an eine andere übertragen… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Concession — Concession, lat., Zugeständniß; obrigkeitliche Ermächtigung zu einem Betrieb; Concessionar, der Inhaber einer solchen C.; concessioniren, ermächtigen, genehmigen; concessionirt, genehmigt, erlaubt. Concessive, einräumend, nachgebend …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • concession — *allowance Analogous words: favor, boon, *gift: indulgence, leniency, tolerance, forbearance (see under FORBEARING) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • concession — [n] yielding, adjustment acknowledgment, admission, allowance, assent, authorization, boon, buyback, compromise, confession, copout*, deal, giveback, giving in, grant, indulgence, permission, permit, privilege, rollback, sellout, surrender, trade …   New thesaurus

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