Definition of CONCESSION

concession

Plural: concessions

Noun

  • a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
    • "he got the beer concession at the ball park"
  • the act of conceding or yielding
  • a point conceded or yielded
    • "they won all the concessions they asked for"
  • The act of conceding.
  • An act of conceding
  • A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
  • An act of conceding
  • Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
  • A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
  • An act of conceding
  • Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
  • A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power.
  • An act of conceding
  • Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
  • A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
  • An act of conceding
  • Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
  • The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)
  • An act of conceding
  • A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
  • A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration.
  • An act of conceding
  • A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
  • A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company.
  • An act of conceding
  • A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
  • A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concessions stands.
  • An act of conceding
  • A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
  • A preferential tax rate.
  • An act of conceding
  • A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
  • A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly.
  • An act of conceding
  • 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.
  • An act of conceding
  • Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.
  • An act of conceding
  • An admission of defeat following an election.
  • A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
  • A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
  • An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
  • A person eligible for a concession price (see above).

Verb

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

Origin / Etymology

From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Doublet of concessio.

Scrabble Score: 14

concession: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
concession: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
concession: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

concession: valid Words With Friends Word