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Definitions for: Concession [n] a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park"
[n] the act of conceding or yielding
[n] a point conceded or yielded; "they won all the concessions they asked for"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
By mutual concession the business was adjusted.
--Hallam.
2. A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a
grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right
to do something; as, a concession to build a canal.
This is therefore a concession, that he doth . . .
believe the Scriptures to be sufficiently plain.
--Sharp.
When a lover becomes satisfied by small compliances
without further pursuits, then expect to find
popular assemblies content with small concessions.
--Swift.
Synonyms: conceding, grant, yielding
See Also: acquiescence, agreement, assent, bye, contract, franchise, judicial admission, pass, sop, stipulation, wage concession
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