concession

Etymology
From late, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) The act of conceding.
 * 2) * c. 1472, October, Rolls of Parliament, Edward IV, 2nd Roll, §8:
 * Any parsone, prest or clerk, havyng any benefice... by wey of presentation, donation, concession, collation or institution.
 * 1) An act of conceding, particularly:
 * 2) A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
 * 3) Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose, particularly:
 * 4)  A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
 * 5)  A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power.
 * The French Concession in Shanghai
 * 1)  A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
 * 2)  The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)
 * 3) A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
 * 4) A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration.
 * 5)  A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company.
 * 6)  A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concession stands.
 * 7) A preferential tax rate.
 * 8)  A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly.
 * 9)  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.
 * 10)  Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.
 * 11)  An admission of defeat following an election.
 * 12) A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
 * 13)  A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
 * 14)  An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
 * 15)  A person eligible for a concession price (see above).
 * 1) A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
 * 2)  A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
 * 3)  An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
 * 4)  A person eligible for a concession price (see above).

Synonyms

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Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Finnish: myönnytys; ; ; periksi antaminen


 * Finnish: myönnytys


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: maan luovutus
 * German: gewährtes Grundstück
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:
 * Malay: konsesi
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, teren concesionat
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, vuokra-alue
 * Japanese:


 * Finnish: alivuokrattu tila


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: franchising-oikeus


 * Finnish: oikeus alivuokrata


 * Finnish: alennettu verokanta


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Latin: concessum
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: (tappion) tunnustaminen
 * German: Einräumen,
 * Greek: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ;


 * Finnish: franchise-tuote


 * Finnish: alennukseen oikeutettu (henkilö)

Verb

 * 1) To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.

Etymology
From.