Concession definition
A privilege granted by a government, company, etc.
- The right to use land, as for a specific purpose.
- (cdn.) A government grant of land forming a subdivision of a township.
- The right or a lease to engage in a certain activity for profit on the lessor's premises.A refreshment or parking concession.
- The land, space, etc. so granted or leased.
noun
A thing conceded or granted; acknowledgment, as of an argument or claim.
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The definition of concession is something granted in response to demands, or a special allowance, or is the right to use land or property granted by the owner.
When you are negotiating and you give in to something that the other side wants, this is an example of a concession.
If the government gives tax credits to special interest groups, the tax credits are an example of a concession.
If a high school gives the sports booster club the right to sell snacks at a football game, this is an example of a concession.
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An acknowledgment or admission.
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An act or instance of conceding, granting, or yielding.
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(rhetoric) Admitting a point to strengthen one's overall case.
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A grant of a tract of land made by a government or other controlling authority in return for stipulated services or a promise that the land will be used for a specific purpose.
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Something, such as a point previously claimed in argument, that is later conceded.
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The privilege of maintaining a subsidiary business within certain premises.
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The space allotted for such a business.
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The business itself.
Had an ice-cream concession in the subway station.
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(chiefly US) A contract to operate a small business as a subsidiary of a larger company, or within the premises of some institution; the business itself and the space from which it operates.
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To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.
verb
The act of conceding.
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Origin of concession
- Middle English from Latin concessiō concessiōn- from concessus past participle of concēdere to concede concede
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Late Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin concessionem, accusative singular of concessio (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concedere
From Wiktionary