concession : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: concession	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for concession
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
concession n a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" Synonym(s): concession, grant the act of conceding or yielding Synonym(s): concession, conceding, yielding a point conceded or yielded; "they won all the concessions they asked for"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Concession \Conces"sion\, n. [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.