concession

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: con=ces=sion
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

concession, n. [L. concessio, fr. concedere: cf. F. concession. See Concede.].

•  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."  [1913 Webster]
•  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."  [1913 Webster]

  "When a lover becomes satisfied by small compliances without further pursuits, then expect to find popular assemblies content with small concessions."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

concession, n.
1 a the act or an instance of conceding (made the concession that we were right). b a thing conceded.
2 a reduction in price for a certain category of person.
3 a the right to use land or other property, granted esp. by a government or local authority, esp. for a specific use. b the right, given by a company, to sell goods, esp. in a particular territory. c the land or property used or given.

Derivative

concessionary adj. (also concessional).

Etymology

F concession f. L concessio (as concede)

THESAURUS

concession

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

ROGET THESAURUS

concession

Permission

N permission, leave, allowance, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, liberty, law, license, concession, grace, indulgence, favor, dispensation, exemption, release, connivance, vouchsafement, authorization, warranty, accordance, admission, permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman, hukm, pass, passport, furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave, grant, charter, patent, letters patent, permitting, permissive, indulgent, permitted, patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal, legalized, licit, unforbid, unforbidden, unconditional, by leave, with leave, on leave, speciali gratia, under favor of, pace, ad libitum, by all means, yes, avec permissin, brevet d'invention.

Consent

N consent, assent, acquiescence, approval, compliance, agreement, concession, yieldance, yieldingness, accession, acknowledgment, acceptance, agnition, settlement, ratification, confirmation, adjustment, permit, promise, consenting, squeezable, agreed, unconditional, OK, yes, by all means, no problem, if you please, as you please, be it so, so be it, well and good, of course, please do, don't hesitate, chi tace accousente.

Giving

N giving, bestowal, bestowment, donation, presentation, presentment, accordance, concession, delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment, investment, investiture, award, almsgiving, charity, liberality, generosity, gift, donation, present, cadeau, fairing, free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation, lagniappe, pilon, grace, act of grace, bonus, allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention, bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation, dot, appanage, voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance, amortization, alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish, fee, consideration, bribe, bait, ground bait, peace offering, handsel, boodle, graft, grease, blat, giver, grantor, donor, feoffer, settlor, giving, given, allowed, allowable, concessional, communicable, charitable, eleemosynary, sportulary, tributary, gratis, donative, auctor pretiosa facit, ex dono, res est ingeniosa dare.

Discount

N discount, abatement, concession, reduction, depreciation, allowance, qualification, set-off, drawback, poundage, agio, percentage, rebate, rebatement, backwardation, contango, salvage, tare and tret, sale, bargain, half price, price war, wholesale, wholesale price, dealer's price, trade price, coupon, discount coupon, cents-off coupon, store coupon, manufacturer's coupon, double coupon discount, triple coupon discount, discounting, at a discount, below par, at wholesale, have a friend in the business.