concession

[ kuhn-sesh-uhn ]
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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.

  1. something conceded by a government or a controlling authority, as a grant of land, a privilege, or a franchise.

  2. a space or privilege within certain premises for a subsidiary business or service: the refreshment concession at a movie theater.

  3. 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.

Origin of concession

1
First recorded in 1605–15; 1910–15 for def. 4; from Latin concēssiōn- (stem of concēssiō ), equivalent to concēss(us) (past participle of concēdere ”to concede”) + -iōn- -ion

Other words from concession

  • con·ces·sion·al, adjective
  • non·con·ces·sion, noun
  • pre·con·ces·sion, noun
  • pro·con·ces·sion, adjective
  • sub·con·ces·sion, noun

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How to use concession in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for concession

concession

/ (kənˈsɛʃən) /


noun
  1. the act of yielding or conceding, as to a demand or argument

  2. something conceded

  1. British a reduction in the usual price of a ticket granted to a special group of customers: a student concession

  2. any grant of rights, land, or property by a government, local authority, corporation, or individual

  3. the right, esp an exclusive right, to market a particular product in a given area

  4. US and Canadian

    • 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

  5. Canadian (chiefly in Ontario and Quebec)

Origin of concession

1
C16: from Latin concēssiō an allowing, from concēdere to concede

Derived forms of concession

  • concessible, adjective

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