concession

concession
con|ces|sion [kənˈseʃən] n
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1¦(something you allow somebody)¦
2¦(a right)¦
3¦(price reduction)¦
4¦(change of behaviour)¦
5¦(business)¦
6¦(things sold)¦
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[Date: 1600-1700; : French; Origin: Latin concessio, from concedere; CONCEDE]
1.) ¦(SOMETHING YOU ALLOW SOMEBODY)¦
something that you allow someone to have in order to end an argument or a disagreement
→↑concede concession to
▪ a policy of no concessions to terrorists
▪ The British were not prepared to make any concessions .
concession on
▪ his readiness to make concessions on many of the issues raised
concession from
▪ We will try to force further concessions from the government.
major/important/substantial concession
▪ The committee has won a number of major concessions from the prison authorities.
2.) ¦(A RIGHT)¦ [U and C]
a special right that a particular person or group of people is allowed to have, for example by the government or an employer, or the act of giving or allowing something as a right
▪ the ending of tax concessions for home owners
▪ the import/export concessions that had been granted to the island
concession of
▪ the concession of autonomy to the universities
3.) ¦(PRICE REDUCTION)¦ BrE
a reduction in the price of tickets, ↑fees etc for certain groups of people, for example old people or children
▪ To qualify for travel concessions you have to be 60.
▪ Open daily, adults £4, concessions £2 (=people who have the right to a concession pay £2) .
4.) ¦(CHANGE OF BEHAVIOUR)¦
a change in your behaviour that you make because of a particular situation or idea
▪ He took off his jacket as a concession to the heat.
▪ He made no concessions to fashion.
5.) ¦(BUSINESS)¦ AmE
a) the right to have a business in a particular place, especially in a place owned by someone else
▪ The company owns valuable logging and mining concessions.
b) a small business that sells things in a place owned by someone else
▪ Joe runs a hamburger concession in the mall.
6.) ¦(THINGS SOLD)¦
concessions [plural] AmE
the things sold at a concession stand

Dictionary of contemporary 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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