concession

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) The act of conceding.
2. (uncountable, usually) An act of conceding
3. (historical, uncountable, usually) An act of conceding
4. (historical, uncountable, usually) An act of conceding
5. (Canada, uncountable, usually) An act of conceding
6. (US, uncountable, usually) An act of conceding
7. (uncountable, usually) An act of conceding
8. (US, uncountable, usually) An act of conceding
9. (US, uncountable, usually) An act of conceding
10. (uncountable, usually) An act of conceding
11. (UK, uncountable, usually) An act of conceding
12. (rhetoric, uncountable, usually) An act of conceding
13. (broadly, uncountable, usually) An act of conceding
14. (uncountable, usually) An act of conceding
15. (uncountable, usually) A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
16. (US, uncountable, usually) A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
17. (US, plural-normally, uncountable, usually) An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
18. (UK, uncountable, usually) A person eligible for a concession price (see above).

Verb

To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.

Synonyms

compromise

admission

franchise

allowance

yielding

grant

cession

settlement

concede

submission

acknowledgement

right

conciliation

recognition

assignment

privilege

conceding

give in

giving up

granting

interest

justification

licensing

patent

prerogative

prescription

reduction

righteousness

rights

subjection

surrender

foreign settlement

special permission

compliance

patent permit

abandonment

chartered right

abdication

accord

acknowledgment

acquiescence

advantage

allow

bestowal

capitulation

climb-down

competencies

concessions

confession

deposition

Translations

concession

concessione

concesión

Zugeständnis

Konzession

παραχώρηση

concessão

concessie

concessió

Eingeständnis

εκχώρηση

toegeving

accettazione

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈsɛʃən/

Etymology

From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Doublet of concessio.