'Concession' definitions:
Definition of 'concession'
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Definition of 'Concession'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- By mutual concession the business was adjusted. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- This is therefore a concession, that he doth . . . believe the Scriptures to be sufficiently plain. --Sharp. [1913 Webster]
- When a lover becomes satisfied by small compliances without further pursuits, then expect to find popular assemblies content with small concessions. --Swift. [1913 Webster] Concessionaire
Synonyms of 'concession'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement,
- abatement of differences,
- acceptance,
- accommodation,
- accordance,
- acknowledgment,
- adjustment,
- admission,
- agio,
- allowance,
- appease,
- appreciation,
- arrangement,
- assuage,
- avowal,
- award,
- awarding,
- bank discount,
- bargain,
- bestowal,
- bestowment,
- boutique,
- breakage,
- brevet,
- calm,
- cash discount,
- cession,
- chain discount,
- chain store,
- charge-off,
- charter,
- circumscription,
- co-op,
- communication,
- composition,
- compromise,
- conciliate,
- conferment,
- conferral,
- confession,
- contribution,
- cooperative,
- cop-out,
- countinghouse,
- country store,
- cut,
- deal,
- declaration,
- deduction,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- department store,
- depreciation,
- desertion of principle,
- dime store,
- diploma,
- discount,
- discount house,
- discount store,
- donation,
- drawback,
- emporium,
- endowment,
- establishment,
- evasion of responsibility,
- exception,
- exemption,
- extenuating circumstances,
- five-and-ten,
- franchise,
- furnishment,
- general store,
- gifting,
- give-and-take,
- giving,
- giving way,
- grain of salt,
- grant,
- granting,
- hedge,
- hedging,
- house,
- impartation,
- impartment,
- intervene,
- investiture,
- kickback,
- lean,
- letters patent,
- liberality,
- liberty,
- limitation,
- magasin,
- mail-order house,
- market,
- mart,
- mediate,
- mental reservation,
- modification,
- mollify,
- mutual concession,
- offer,
- owning,
- owning up,
- patent,
- penalty,
- penalty clause,
- percentage,
- persuade,
- placate,
- post,
- premium,
- presentation,
- presentment,
- prevail,
- price reduction,
- price-cut,
- profession,
- propitiate,
- provision,
- qualification,
- quiet,
- rebate,
- rebatement,
- recognition,
- reduction,
- refund,
- reservation,
- restriction,
- retail store,
- rite of confession,
- rollback,
- royal grant,
- salon,
- salvage,
- salvo,
- setoff,
- settlement,
- shop,
- shrift,
- soothe,
- special case,
- special treatment,
- specialness,
- specification,
- store,
- subscription,
- supermarket,
- supplying,
- surrender,
- sweeten,
- tare,
- time discount,
- trade discount,
- trading post,
- tranquilize,
- tret,
- unbosoming,
- underselling,
- understanding,
- variety shop,
- variety store,
- vouchsafement,
- waiver,
- warehouse,
- wareroom,
- wholesale house,
- write-off,
- yielding