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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
concession
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
concession stand
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
▪ This was a big concession by Lord Owen, which went practically unnoticed at first.
▪ Was Britain wrong in not making swifter and bigger concessions?
▪ A deal would need two big concessions from Mr Gorbachev that he balked at last year.
▪ Then he made a big concession.
further
▪ A further concession to Quebec was the provision that any single province could veto future changes to federal institutions.
▪ The Act allowed the retention of adoption of such titles simply as a further concession to local sentiment.
▪ Edward still prevaricated, but at the Parliament of March 1299 the magnates extorted further concessions by the threat of armed force.
important
▪ Every generous inch a military man, Groves made important concessions to Oppenheimer in the interest of getting the job done.
▪ Two important concessions were made, restricted to the 1990 election only.
▪ The national agreements also granted important concessions to the labour movement.
major
▪ Many observers believe that Kiley and Livingstone should be beside themselves with joy at the major concessions they have won.
▪ Both railroads want major concessions in the form of track rights and divestiture of certain rail lines in exchange for their approval.
▪ Indeed, the government had to make major concessions during the committee stage, especially to Labour critics.
▪ But this will entail major political concessions by the government, including the surrender of the state monopoly over electronic media.
▪ They would enjoy major tax concessions, including 50 percent rebates in their first year and 25 percent in their second.
only
▪ The fashionable and becoming gown and girdle were her only concessions to style and conformity.
▪ The munitions factory in Hereford seemed to be the only concession to it.
▪ The only concession to scale is that for obvious reasons the lift buttons are situated outside the cars!
▪ A gallery had been suspended around the wall at the height of two standing men - the only concession to spectators.
▪ It was the only concession to comfort in the Empress's room.
▪ Realising this was the only concession he would be likely to get, Grant nodded his acceptance.
political
▪ The real fear that this revolution might overthrow the Tsar forced him to make some political concessions to appease the masses.
▪ But this will entail major political concessions by the government, including the surrender of the state monopoly over electronic media.
significant
▪ This represented a significant concession to the opposition, which had otherwise threatened to boycott the election.
▪ Corporate leaders were planning to close it unless they could get significant wage concessions from the workers.
special
▪ The Midland Company also increased its share of the London milk trade by offering special freight concessions to Derbyshire farmers.
substantial
▪ If so, this seems a substantial concession to patronage.
▪ During the week OAPs travelling in either direction will be eligible for substantial travel concessions agreed with the major travel companies.
■ NOUN
stand
▪ Looking for a concession stand, he turned a corner.
▪ One struck and killed a young man standing near a concession stand.
▪ He was bothering the girl at the concession stand before, so she had the usher call us.
tax
▪ They would enjoy major tax concessions, including 50 percent rebates in their first year and 25 percent in their second.
▪ How is the free-market economy to be reconciled with continued large-scale tax concessions for house mortgages and private pensions?
▪ Forestry companies no longer granted tax concessions have been trying to offload their holdings.
▪ It also received a host of tax concessions.
▪ Mr. Jackson I have already referred to the tax concession in the 1990 Budget.
▪ Market-distorting activities arise from state aids such as subsidies, tax concessions, and other financial help given to domestic companies.
▪ Macleod was attacked by both liberals and conservatives in the Legco for failing to provide sufficient tax concessions to middle income earners.
▪ Private pension scheme tax concessions grew as part of deliberate policy.
wage
▪ Corporate leaders were planning to close it unless they could get significant wage concessions from the workers.
■ VERB
extract
▪ It exploited fears that the accord would collapse to extract concessions previously denied it.
▪ He exploited a temporary lull in affairs to extract more concessions from the Romans than had hitherto been possible.
▪ But if you can offer talents that are in short supply, you may be better able to extract concessions than you suppose.
▪ At other times it is a gambit to extract the maximum price concession from the seller.
force
▪ If junior creditors account for more than a third of the creditors, they can force concessions from their senior partners.
▪ Here, too, he was forced to make certain concessions.
give
▪ She was a traditionalist - her jewellery gave no concessions to modern fashion.
▪ This time, however, Daley began giving ground, making concessions.
▪ This process should lessen the chances of pricing too low or of needlessly giving away other concessions like favourable payment terms.
▪ His hair was closely cropped, giving no concessions to the fashionable long-haired male coiffures which he had once enjoyed.
grant
▪ Producers of commercials resisted, but granted some concessions to end the strike.
▪ Governments have frequently made matters worse by granting concessions to cattle ranchers on terms that have created incentives for reckless exploitation.
▪ Milosevic has granted piecemeal concessions while sowing the kind of confusion that he has used in the past to stymie opponents.
make
▪ Trimble, like Adams and McGuinness, is caught between the demands for internal unity and making concessions to traditional enemies.
▪ Ministers will make the concession during the consultation period that follows last week's publication of the arms exports controls bill.
▪ Despite the continued indifference of the Labour Party the Communists had made many concessions aimed at attracting support from Labour members.
▪ He has often shown himself ready to make concessions when faced with genuine mass discontent.
▪ It tolerated his advance, but would make no concessions.
offer
▪ Such a policy intensified opposition to the Forest system: as early as 1277 the king was compelled to offer certain concessions.
▪ Property owners offered concessions to attract new tenants and renters already in place received no, or modest, rent hikes.
▪ The Midland Company also increased its share of the London milk trade by offering special freight concessions to Derbyshire farmers.
operate
▪ The build-#operate-transfer concession envisages the line opening in 2003 followed by a 30-year operating period.
▪ The build-#operate-transfer concession allows five years for construction; putting the opening date as 2003.
prepare
▪ Eisenhower was prepared to make concessions in order to normalize the situation.
secure
▪ Nu's task in London was somehow to keep the republic, while securing constitutional concessions.
win
▪ Their ire won at least one concession.
▪ Traditional business sectors have also won concessions.
▪ The strikers returned to work having won few concessions.
▪ Britain won a concession over mackerel fishing in western waters.
▪ By the end of June, however, they had apparently won no concessions from the government.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Pensioners and disabled people get special concessions on buses and trains.
▪ tax concessions
▪ Under the previous administration, rich landowners were given generous tax concessions.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Both sides made various concessions, but neither would back down on the crucial points.
▪ Property owners offered concessions to attract new tenants and renters already in place received no, or modest, rent hikes.
▪ Still, executives and union leaders would surely protest such a plan and claim that such a plan would require unacceptable concessions.
▪ The new concession will apply to buses only.
▪ Tickets £2.50, concessions £1.50 at the door.
▪ To ensure the Bill's smooth passage through Parliament, they readily agreed to concessions for farmers and fox hunters.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Concession

Concession \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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
concession

mid-15c., from Old French concession (14c.) or directly from Latin concessionem (nominative concessio) "an allowing, conceding," noun of action from past participle stem of concedere (see concede). Meaning "right or privilege granted by government" is from 1650s. "Refreshment stand" sense is from 1910.

Wiktionary
concession

n. 1 the act of conceding, especially that of defeat 2 something, such as an argument, that is conceded or admitted to be wrong 3 (context rhetoric English) Admitting a point to strengthen one's overall case. 4 the grant of some land to be used for a specified purpose 5 (context chiefly US English) 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 6 (context Canada English) In Ontario, a small road between tracts of farmland. vb. To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.

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WordNet
concession

  1. n. a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" [syn: grant]

  2. the act of conceding or yielding [syn: conceding, yielding]

  3. a point conceded or yielded; "they won all the concessions they asked for"

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Wikipedia
Concession (politics)

In politics, a concession is the act of a losing candidate publicly yielding to a winning candidate after an election after the overall result of the vote has become clear.

Concession

Concession may refer to:

  • Concession (contract) (sometimes called a concession agreement): a contractual right to carry on a certain kind of business or activity in an area, such as to explore or develop its natural resources or to operate a "concession stand" within a venue.
  • Concession stand: A temporary or permanent booth that sells junk food, snack foods, or fast food, typically found in Movie Theaters, Amusement Parks, Fairs, Public Pools, or Festivals.
  • Concession (territory): an area within one country that is administered by another, usually conceded by a weaker country to a stronger one.
  • Concession (politics): failure to challenge or cessation of challenging, as in "conceding an election" or "conceding a game".
  • Concessional loan, a loan with below-market terms.
  • Concession road: a grid-based road system in Ontario and Quebec.
  • Concession: a figure of speech also known as synchoresis, or a discourse relation defined in discourse analysis frameworks such as RST or DRT.
Concession (contract)

A concession or concession as an agreement is a grant of rights, land or property by a government, local authority, corporation, individual or other legal entity.

Public services such as water supply may be operated as a concession. In the case of a public service concession, a private company enters into an agreement with the government to have the exclusive right to operate, maintain and carry out investment in a public utility (such as a water privatisation) for a given number of years. Other forms of contracts between public and private entities, namely lease contract and management contract (in the water sector often called by the French term affermage), are closely related but differ from a concession in the rights of the operator and its remuneration. A lease gives a company the right to operate and maintain a public utility, but investment remains the responsibility of the public. Under a management contract the operator will collect the revenue only on behalf of the government and will in turn be paid an agreed fee.

A grant of land or property by a government may be in return for services or for a particular use, a right to undertake and profit by a specified activity, a lease for a particular purpose. A concession may include the right to use some existing infrastructure required to carry out a business (such as a water supply system in a city); in some cases, such as mining, it may involve merely the transfer of exclusive or non-exclusive easements.

In the private sector, the owner of a concession — the concessionaire — typically pays either a fixed sum or a percentage of revenue to the owner of the entity from which it operates. Examples of concessions within another business are concession stands within sporting venues and movie theaters and concessions in department stores operated by other retailers. Short term concessions may be granted as promotional space for periods as short as one

Concession (territory)

In international law, a concession is a territory within a country that is administered by an entity other than the state which holds sovereignty over it.This is usually a colonizing power, or at least mandated by one, as in the case of colonial chartered companies. Usually, it is conceded, that is, allowed or even surrendered by a weaker state to a stronger power. For example, the politically weak and militarily helpless Qing China in the 19th century was forced to sign several so-called unequal treaties by which it gave, among other rights, territorial concessions to numerous colonial powers, European as well as America, creating a whole host of territorial concessions in China in addition to even more numerous treaty ports where China retained territorial control.

However, just as with permanent sales of territory, there are cases when concession has been entered upon voluntarily by a power which could have resisted the demand, believing the arrangement to their mutual interest, or as part of a more complexly balanced deal.

In the many cases where the terms of the contract (be it in the form of a treaty between states) provides for similar terms as an ordinary property lease, notably a term limited in time and usually an indemnity sum, the territory can be called more precisely a lease territory or leased territory.

The term is not to be confused with 'territorial concession', which applies to any clause in a treaty whereby a power renounces control over any territory, usually in the form of a full and indefinite transfer, often without any indemnity.

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Usage examples of "concession".

He gave out a little groan, his one concession to the pain that racked him, but he kept going, step by step, meter by meter.

When the allies of Rome claimed an equal share of honors and privileges, the senate indeed preferred the chance of arms to an ignominious concession.

No doubt the Communard press is making great ado about that concession, to whip up public sentiment once more against the Republican government.

But the rashness of these concessions has encouraged a milder sentiment of those of the Docetes, who taught, not that Christ was a phantom, but that he was clothed with an impassible and incorruptible body.

On the other hand, Eck made some concessions, mostly verbal, about the doctrine of justification and other points.

The sisters did not spare an inch where Estral would have allowed a concession.

The Gora give them a few concessions and grab off the secretion - the most precious thing they have.

Concession was always a demand, never an offer, at this stage: another rule to prevent irresponsible players from tying up the grids when they had no intention of playing a Game.

Even as he wrote mobs spurred on by radical agitators overran and looted the British Concessions at Hankow and at Kiukang farther down the river.

In their first yielding of territory since the Opium Wars, the British negotiated with Eugene Chen the relinquishment of the Hankow and Kiukang Concessions while diehards thundered red-faced in their clubs and the Empire quivered.

When she and Midalis had announced their plans for this diversion to Pireth Dancard, the centaur, in particular, had howled in outrage, and had kept on howling until he got concessions from the pair that they would use all precautions here.

If you grant us this concession we in turn will put you in possession of a magnificent idea.

To forge some kind of order in the Lowers by granting concessions to men like Fat Wong.

The small force of garrison troops Lagoas maintained in Mizpah paraded across it in uniform tunics and kilts - with heavy wool leggings beneath the kilts as a concession to the climate.

The hunter had flown them out from there in his twin-engine Beechcraft Baron to this vast, remote hunting concession near the Mozambican border that he chartered from the Zimbabwean government.