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Webster 1913 Edition

Concession

Con-ces′sion

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Concession

CONCESSION

,
Noun.
[L. From concedo. See Concede.]
1.
The act of granting or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request from the party to whom it is made, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.
The concession of these charters was in a parliamentary way.
2.
The thing yielded; as, in the treaty of peace, each power made large concessions.
3.
In rhetoric or debate, the yielding, granting, or allowing to the opposite party some point or face that may bear dispute, with a view to obtain something which cannot be denied, or to show that even admitting the point conceded, the cause is not with the adverse party, but can be maintained by the advocate on other grounds.
4.
Acknowledgment by way of apology; confession of a fault.

Definition 2024

concession

concession

English

Noun

concession ‎(usually uncountable, plural concessions)

  1. The act of conceding.
  2. An act of conceding, particularly:
    1. A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
      • 1865, John Bright, Speeches of John Bright, M.P., on the American Question, p. 174:
        But these concessions failed, as I believe concessions to evil always do fail.
    2. Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose, particularly:
      1. (historical) A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
      2. (historical) A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power.
        The French Concession in Shanghai
      3. (Canada) A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
      4. (chiefly US) The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)
    3. A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
      1. A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration.
      2. (chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company.
      3. (chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concession stands.
      4. A preferential tax rate.
      5. (chiefly Britain) A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly.
    4. (rhetoric) An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this.
    5. (by extension) Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.
    6. (originally US) An admission of defeat following an election.
      • 2000 December 13, Al Gore, Concession Speech:
        Just moments ago, I spoke with George W. Bush and congratulated him on becoming the 43rd president of the United States. And I promised him that I wouldn't call him back this time... tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.
  3. A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
  4. (chiefly US) A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above.)
  5. (chiefly US, chiefly in the plural) An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concession stand.
  6. (chiefly Britain) A person eligible for a concession price (see above).

Synonyms

  • (granting a request): tithe (obs.)
  • (a smaller business operating under another's aegis): See franchise

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Verb

concession ‎(third-person singular simple present concessions, present participle concessioning, simple past and past participle concessioned)

  1. To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.

French

Noun

concession f ‎(plural concessions)

  1. concession

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin concessionem, accusative singular of concessio ‎(“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concedere

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈsɛʃən/
  • Hyphenation: con‧ces‧sion

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