the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument: He made no concession to caution.
the thing or point yielded: Management offered a shorter workweek as a concession.
something conceded by a government or a controlling authority, as a grant of land, a privilege, or a franchise.
a space or privilege within certain premises for a subsidiary business or service: the refreshment concession at a movie theater.
Canadian. any of the usually sixteen divisions of a township, each division being 10 sq. mi. (26 sq. km) in area and containing thirty-two 200-acre lots.
Origin of concession
1605–15; 1910–15 for def. 4; <Latin concēssiōn- (stem of concēssiō), equivalent to concēss(us) (past participle of concēdere to concede) + -iōn--ion
No mention was a concession or, as perhaps they let us know later, an indulgence of our presence at the dinner table or the reunion.
LGBTQ: The letters Republicans didn’t utter|Hans Johnson|September 11, 2020|Washington Blade
Because 25 percent of revenue from tickets and concessions is a lot more than 0 percent.
Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has? (Ep. 431)|Stephen J. Dubner|September 10, 2020|Freakonomics
Certainly, what is being proposed does not give either side a big win, but will give both sides a good amount of concessions that advocate for their positions.
There’s a Vacation Rental Compromise on the Table — Take it|Matt Gardner|September 3, 2020|Voice of San Diego
This engendered some resentment among Clinton supporters, but it also led to some fairly large concessions to the Sanders faction.
Why Conventions Still Matter|Julia Azari|August 17, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
While the boycott brought considerable publicity to the issue of hate speech and disinformation on Facebook, the company made relatively modest concessions to the organizers.
Did the Facebook Ads boycott actually work?|Greg Sterling|July 30, 2020|Search Engine Land
At his concession speech, he told his staff to get ready to go work the next day.
Meet Dan Donovan, the Prosecutor Who Let Eric Garner’s Killer Walk|David Freedlander|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The constitution was rewritten retrospectively in an attempt to put the concession beyond legal challenge.
China’s Nicaragua Canal Could Spark a New Central America Revolution|Nina Lakhani|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But there remains an underlying air of stress, from the media tent to the concession stands.
Beyonce, Jay Z & No Doubt Sing to End Global Poverty in Central Park|Caitlin Dickson|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But catching glimpses of the concession speeches from the above quintumverate would make the night a lot less painful.
Five Awful GOP Governors Who Need to Go|Michael Tomasky|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Is this a concession in the land of the anything goes world of Juggalos?
A Report From the Misunderstood Gathering of the Juggalos|Steve Miller|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Maizie would get fifty, Tony and his wife a hundred smackers, another fifty for the concession.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
This concession, apparently simple and unobjectionable, was fatal to the views of Mendez.
The Life and Adventures of Bruce, the African Traveller|Francis Head
He nodded, swallowing hard, as if the concession well-nigh choked him.
Red Masquerade|Louis Joseph Vance
I hate, where I looked for a manly furtherance, or at least a manly resistance, to find a mush of concession.
Essays, First Series|Ralph Waldo Emerson
She saw that she must make some concession to him, if she was to keep any of her influence over him.
King Coal|Upton Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for concession
concession
/ (kənˈsɛʃən) /
noun
the act of yielding or conceding, as to a demand or argument
something conceded
Britisha reduction in the usual price of a ticket granted to a special group of customersa student concession
any grant of rights, land, or property by a government, local authority, corporation, or individual
the right, esp an exclusive right, to market a particular product in a given area
US and Canadian
the right to maintain a subsidiary business on a lessor's premises
the premises so granted or the business so maintained
a free rental period for such premises
Canadian(chiefly in Ontario and Quebec)
a land subdivision in a township survey
another name for concession road
Derived forms of concession
concessible, adjective
Word Origin for concession
C16: from Latin concēssiō an allowing, from concēdere to concede