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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: concession n 1: a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business: "he got the beer concession at the ball park" [syn: {grant}] 2: the act of conceding or yielding [syn: {conceding}, {yielding}] 3: a point conceded or yielded; "they won all the concessions they asked for"
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