| 单词 | concession |
| 释义 | concession —concessional, adj. /keuhn sesh"euhn/, n. 1. 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. 2. the thing or point yielded: Management offered a shorter workweek as a concession. 3. something conceded by a government or a controlling authority, as a grant of land, a privilege, or a franchise. 4. a space or privilege within certain premises for a subsidiary business or service: the refreshment concession at a movie theater. 5. 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. [1605-15; 1910-15 for def. 4; < L concession- (s. of concessio), equiv. to concess(us) (ptp. of concedere to CONCEDE) + -ion- -ION] |
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