Concession

Noun

 * 1) the act of conceding, especially that of defeat
 * 2) something, such as an argument, that is conceded or admitted to be wrong
 * 3)  Admitting a point to strengthen one's overall case.
 * 4) the grant of some land to be used for a specified purpose
 * 5)  a contract to operate a small business as a subsidiary of a larger company, or within the premises of some institution; the business itself and the space from which it operates
 * 6)  In Ontario, a small road between tracts of farmland.

Adjectives for Concession
radical; scandalous; surprising; trivial; veritable; voluntary; momentary; mutual; temporary; secret; valuable; unconscious; generous; dignified; minor; gracious; reciprocal; commercial; vital; unwise; unlimited; cowardly; benevolent; original; liberal; sufficient; pencil-making; political; unusual; unworthy.

Verbs for Concession
accept—; allot—; allow—; appreciate—; claim—; demand—; exact—; execute—; exploit—; force into—; grant—; obtain—; receive—; refuse—; scorn—; submit to—; warrant—; yield—; —admits; —ameliorates; —fails; —infers; —mitigates.

Thesaurus
acceptance, accommodation, accordance, acknowledgment, adjustment, admission, agio, allowance, appease, appreciation, arrangement, assuage, avowal, award, awarding, bank discount, bargain, bestowal, bestowment, boutique, breakage, brevet, calm, cash discount, cession, chain discount, chain store, charge-off, charter, circumscription, co-op, communication, composition, compromise, conciliate, conferment, conferral, confession, contribution, cooperative, cop-out, countinghouse, country store, cut, deal, declaration, deduction, deliverance, delivery, department store, depreciation, desertion of principle, dime store, diploma, discount, discount house, discount store, donation, drawback, emporium, endowment, establishment, evasion of responsibility, exception, exemption, extenuating circumstances, five-and-ten, franchise, furnishment, general store, gifting, give-and-take, giving, giving way, grain of salt, grant, granting, hedge, hedging, house, impartation, impartment, intervene, investiture, kickback, lean, letters patent, liberality, liberty, limitation, magasin, mail-order house, market, mart, mediate, mental reservation, modification, mollify, mutual concession, offer, owning, owning up, patent, penalty, penalty clause, percentage, persuade, placate, post, premium, presentation, presentment, prevail, price reduction, price-cut, profession, propitiate, provision, qualification, quiet, rebate, rebatement, recognition, reduction, refund, reservation, restriction, retail store, rite of confession, rollback, royal grant, salon, salvage, salvo, setoff, settlement, shop, shrift, soothe, special case, special treatment, specialness, specification, store, subscription, supermarket, supplying, surrender, sweeten, tare, time discount, trade discount, trading post, tranquilize, tret, unbosoming, underselling, understanding, variety shop, variety store, vouchsafement, waiver, warehouse, wareroom, wholesale house, write-off, yielding

Etymology
Late, from , from concessionem:, accusative singular of concessio:, from concedo:

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Finnish: myöntäminen


 * German: Einraeumen
 * Swedish: medgivande


 * Bulgarian: отстъпка
 * Finnish: myöntäminen


 * Swedish: eftergift


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: myöntäminen


 * Russian: концессия


 * Finnish: toimilupa