Definition of Concessions. Meaning of Concessions. Synonyms of Concessions

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Definition of Concessions

Concession
Concession Con*ces"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.

Meaning of Concessions from wikipedia

- pools, or festivals Concessions and leases in international relations, territories in one state given to another state Concession (territory), an area...
- national organization for concessions". York Daily Record. September 13, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2013. Look up concessions stand in Wiktionary, the...
- concessions start from Yonge. Bathurst is the (former) Second Concession road, between concessions 1 and 2 (forms the front of the second concession of...
- examples of concessions, see Gibbons v. Ogden and United States railroad policy. Within the European Union, the granting of concessions by public bodies...
- Foreign concessions in China were a group of concessions that existed during the late Imperial China and the Republic of China, which were governed and...
- numerous concessions and loans throughout the 19th century. Many British government officials believed that this was where the D'Arcy concession could help...
- The first foreign concessions in Tianjin were granted in 1860. By 1943, all the foreign concessions, except the ****anese concession, had ceased to exist...
- formal concessions. In 1913, France requested police powers over its extra-settlement roads, effectively meaning a further expansion to the concession. The...
- Concession is a small town in Mashonaland Central province in Zimbabwe. It is located approximately 45 km from Harare and is along the road from Mazowe...
- American Concession may refer to: American Concession (Shanghai), an area of Shanghai which joined with British Concession to create the International...