concession
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ən noun
1.
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.
2.
the thing or point yielded: Management offered a shorter workweek as a concession.
3.
something conceded by a government or a controlling authority, as a grant of land, a privilege, or a franchise.
4.
a space or privilege within certain premises for a subsidiary business or service: the refreshment concession at a movie theater.
5.
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.
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concession (kənˈsɛʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of yielding or conceding, as to a demand or argument |
| 2. | something conceded |
| 3. | (Brit) a reduction in the usual price of a ticket granted to a special group of customers: a student concession |
| 4. | any grant of rights, land, or property by a government, local authority, corporation, or individual |
| 5. | the right, esp an exclusive right, to market a particular product in a given area |
| 6. | (US), (Canadian) |
| a. the right to maintain a subsidiary business on a lessor's premises | |
| b. the premises so granted or the business so maintained | |
| c. a free rental period for such premises | |
| 7. | (Canadian) chiefly in Ontario and Quebec |
| a. a land subdivision in a township survey | |
| b. another name for concession road | |
| [C16: from Latin concēssiō an allowing, from concēdere to | |
| con'cessible | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
concession
1464, from L. concessionem (nom. concessio), from concessius, pp. of concedere (see concede). Meaning "right or privilege granted by government" is from 1656. "Refreshment stand" sense is from 1910.
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Example sentences
Nor will it end with the ordinary politics of negotiation and concession.
His warmly gracious, powerfully patriotic, earnestly bipartisan concession speech showed what might have been.
Otherwise, she would have to make a concession to the opposing side.
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