noun
Meaning 1
The act of conceding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Standard Lemma guide
concession
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noun
Meaning 2
An act of conceding
A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 3
An act of conceding
Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 4
An act of conceding
Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable, usually
Examples
- The French Concession in Shanghai
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noun
Meaning 5
An act of conceding
Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 6
An act of conceding
Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 7
An act of conceding
A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 8
An act of conceding
A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 9
An act of conceding
A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concessions stands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 10
An act of conceding
A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
A preferential tax rate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 11
An act of conceding
A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 12
An act of conceding
An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric, uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: concessio
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
An act of conceding
Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 14
An act of conceding
An admission of defeat following an election.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 15
A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 16
A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 17
An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, plural-normally, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 18
A person eligible for a concession price (see above).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable, usually
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verb
Meaning 19
To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.
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noun
Meaning 20
a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he got the beer concession at the ball park
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contract
Narrower terms: franchise
noun
Meaning 21
the act of conceding or yielding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: conceding, yielding
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assent, acquiescence
Narrower terms: bye, pass
noun
Meaning 22
a point conceded or yielded
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they won all the concessions they asked for
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agreement
Narrower terms: sop, stipulation, judicial admission, takeaway, wage concession
History
Etymology
From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Doublet of concessio.
Across languages
Translations
105 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: զիջում (ziǰum) — act of conceding
- Chinese Mandarin: 讓步 /让步 (ràngbù) — act of conceding
- Chinese Mandarin: 退讓 /退让 (tuìràng) — act of conceding
- Chinese Mandarin: 妥協 /妥协 (tuǒxié) — act of conceding
- Czech: vzdání se — act of conceding
- Czech: ústupek — act of conceding
- Finnish: myönnytys — act of conceding
- Finnish: myöntäminen — act of conceding
- Finnish: hyväksyntä — act of conceding
- Finnish: periksi antaminen — act of conceding
- German: Zugeständnis — act of conceding
- Chinese Mandarin: 減讓 /减让 (jiǎnràng) — partial yielding to demands or requests
- Chinese Mandarin: 讓步 /让步 (ràngbù) — partial yielding to demands or requests
- Chinese Mandarin: 妥協 /妥协 (tuǒxié) — partial yielding to demands or requests
- Czech: ústupek — partial yielding to demands or requests
- Finnish: myönnytys — partial yielding to demands or requests
- Bulgarian: концесия (koncesija) — grant of land for a specified purpose
- Chinese Mandarin: 土地特許批准 (tǔdì tèxǔ pīzhǔn) — grant of land for a specified purpose
- Chinese Mandarin: 租界 (zūjiè) — grant of land for a specified purpose
- Finnish: maan luovutus — grant of land for a specified purpose
- German: gewährtes Grundstück — grant of land for a specified purpose
- Greek: παραχώρηση (parachórisi) — grant of land for a specified purpose
- Indonesian: konsesi — grant of land for a specified purpose
- Japanese: 租界 (sokai) — grant of land for a specified purpose
- Malay: konsesi — grant of land for a specified purpose
- Portuguese: concessão — grant of land for a specified purpose
- Romanian: concesiune — grant of land for a specified purpose
- Romanian: teren concesionat — grant of land for a specified purpose
- Russian: концессия (koncessija) — grant of land for a specified purpose
- Swedish: koncession — grant of land for a specified purpose
- Ukrainian: конце́сія (koncésija) — grant of land for a specified purpose
- Chinese Mandarin: 等地 — historical: equal lot once granted to settlers
- Chinese Mandarin: 分地 — historical: equal lot once granted to settlers
- Finnish: palsta — historical: equal lot once granted to settlers
- Chinese Mandarin: 租界 (zūjiè) — historical: territory yielded to the administration of a foreign power
- Finnish: konsessio — historical: territory yielded to the administration of a foreign power
- Finnish: vuokra-alue — historical: territory yielded to the administration of a foreign power
- Japanese: 租界 (sokai) — historical: territory yielded to the administration of a foreign power
- Chinese Mandarin: 特許經營場所 /特许经营场所 (tèxǔ jīngyíng chǎngsuǒ) — premises granted to a business as a concession
- Finnish: alivuokrattu tila — premises granted to a business as a concession
- Chinese Mandarin: 特許權 /特许权 (tèxǔquán) — privilege to conduct business
- Chinese Mandarin: 營業權 /营业权 (yíngyèquán) — privilege to conduct business
- Czech: koncese — privilege to conduct business
- Esperanto: koncesio — privilege to conduct business
- Finnish: toimilupa — privilege to conduct business
- Japanese: 利権 (riken) — privilege to conduct business
- Chinese Mandarin: 開採權 /开采权 — right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose
- Chinese Mandarin: 使用權 /使用权 (shǐyòngquán) — right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose
- Finnish: toimilupa — right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose
- Chinese Mandarin: 特許經營權 /特许经营权 (tèxǔ jīngyíngquán) — right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company
- Czech: koncese — right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company
- Czech: franšíza — right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company
- Finnish: franchising-oikeus — right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company
- Chinese Mandarin: 場地特許經營權 /场地特许经营权 (chǎngdì tèxǔ jīngyíngquán) — right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises
- Czech: koncese — right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises
- Finnish: oikeus alivuokrata — right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises
- Chinese Mandarin: 優惠稅率 /优惠税率 (yōuhuì shuìlǜ) — preferential tax rate
- Czech: úleva — preferential tax rate
- Finnish: alennettu verokanta — preferential tax rate
- Chinese Mandarin: 優惠價格 /优惠价格 (yōuhuì jiàgé) — discounted price offered to certain classes of people
- Czech: sleva — discounted price offered to certain classes of people
- Finnish: alennus — discounted price offered to certain classes of people
- Chinese Mandarin: 承認 /承认 (chéngrèn) — rhetoric: strategic admission of the validity of an opponent's point
- Chinese Mandarin: 讓步 /让步 (ràngbù) — rhetoric: strategic admission of the validity of an opponent's point
- Chinese Mandarin: 認可 /认可 (rènkě) — rhetoric: strategic admission of the validity of an opponent's point
- Finnish: konsessio — rhetoric: strategic admission of the validity of an opponent's point
- Finnish: hyväksyntä — rhetoric: strategic admission of the validity of an opponent's point
- Armenian: զիջում (ziǰum) — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- Bulgarian: отстъпка (otstǎpka) — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- Chinese Mandarin: 承認 /承认 (chéngrèn) — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- Chinese Mandarin: 讓步 /让步 (ràngbù) — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- Chinese Mandarin: 認可 /认可 (rènkě) — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- Finnish: myöntäminen — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- Finnish: hyväksyntä — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- French: concession — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- German: Eingeständnis — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- Latin: concessum — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- Portuguese: concessão — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- Romanian: concesie — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- Russian: усту́пка (ustúpka) — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- Swedish: eftergift — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- Ukrainian: по́ступка (póstupka) — any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this
- Chinese Mandarin: 讓步 /让步 (ràngbù) — admission of defeat
- Chinese Mandarin: 認輸 /认输 (rènshū) — admission of defeat
- Czech: ústupek — admission of defeat
- Finnish: (tappion) tunnustaminen — admission of defeat
- German: Einräumen — admission of defeat
- German: Zugeständnis — admission of defeat
- Greek: εκχώρηση (ekchórisi) — admission of defeat
- Greek: παραχώρηση (parachórisi) — admission of defeat
- Polish: koncesja — admission of defeat
- Portuguese: concessão — admission of defeat
- Romanian: încuviințare — admission of defeat
- Russian: призна́ние (priznánije) — admission of defeat
- Spanish: concesión — admission of defeat
- Swedish: medgivande — admission of defeat
- Chinese Mandarin: 贈禮示好 /赠礼示好 (zènglǐ shìhǎo) — gift or act made as a token of respect or to curry favor
- Finnish: lahja — gift or act made as a token of respect or to curry favor
- Finnish: palvelus — gift or act made as a token of respect or to curry favor
- Chinese Mandarin: 特許經營商品 /特许经营商品 (tèxǔ jīngyíng shāngpǐn) — item sold within a concession or from a concessions stand
- Chinese Mandarin: 承租商品 (chéngzū shāngpǐn) — item sold within a concession or from a concessions stand
- Finnish: franchise-tuote — item sold within a concession or from a concessions stand
- Chinese Mandarin: 符合優惠資格者 /符合优惠资格者 (fúhé yōuhuì zīgé zhě) — person eligible for a concession price
- Chinese Mandarin: 優惠對象 /优惠对象 (yōuhuì duìxiàng) — person eligible for a concession price
- Finnish: alennukseen oikeutettu (henkilö) — person eligible for a concession price
Real reading context