CONCESSION


Meaning of CONCESSION in English

— 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; concession- (s. of concessio ), equiv. to concess ( us ) (ptp. of concedere to CONCEDE) + -ion- -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .