concession
/kənˈsɛʃən/ noun B2- The act of conceding.
- A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
- A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
- A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power. · The French Concession in Shanghai
- A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
- The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)
- A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration.
- A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company.
Plural concessions
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Then new concessions to the people, then a constitution, then liberty.
When you wish to obtain some concession from a man’s self-love, you must avoid even the appearance of wishing to wound it.”
Morrel in demanding justice for crime; my blood boils at the idea of having encouraged a murderer by my cowardly concession.”
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