Definition of concession in English:

concession

noun kənˈsɛʃ(ə)nkənˈsɛʃən

1A thing that is granted, especially in response to demands.
the government was unwilling to make any further concessions
Example sentencesExamples
- They say he has once again failed to win concessions from communist China that could have saved U.S. jobs and strengthened national security.
- Somebody needs to pick up the baton here and, you know, without kind of waiting for a consensus or without demanding concessions.
- However, in a series of manoeuvres, government whips agreed to his demands for two undisclosed concessions to benefit his constituency.
- Frances Kelly says that inch by inch, the access lobby groups have demanded and received concessions, particularly in New South Wales.
- In this way, the company is hoping to appease its older workers, drive a wedge between older and newer workers, and thus win the concessions it is demanding.
- The council has already made significant concessions in response to the trade unions' original proposals.
- He would demand concessions and these Stalin could negotiate over; but Hitler's real strategy would be to move against the Middle East.
- The DUP will question the document he gave them to study, just as Gerry Adams quizzed him about it last week, for evidence of the concessions they have demanded.
- Preparations should begin to widen the industrial action until all of the employers' demands for give-backs and concessions are dropped.
- Second, the ‘world’ will now demand new concessions of Israel.
- The concession came in response to Chancellor Gordon Brown's belief that the pact fails to take account of borrowing and investment over a five to six-year cycle.
- Alexander II found that relaxation and reform led not to contentment but to increasing demands for concessions which he had never been prepared to grant.
- More immediately, he could have demanded visible concessions from the President benefiting from his hospitality last week.
- Since then, the union leadership has capitulated to DaimlerChrysler's demands for wage concessions and other give-backs.
- Those parties lose nothing if there is an election so can demand greater concessions and throw tantrums with much less provocation.
- Under this pact the government made some concessions to Tamil demands, including the devolution of power to the provinces.
- With this threat to sales looming, Safeway, Albertsons, and Kroger demanded major concessions from their employees in order to cut costs.
- Muji's only concession to the festive season is that Pinlights become available in white or berry colours for indoor use.
- But while he furiously resists significant concessions to their demands, even Blair is showing signs of compromise.
- Pollock uses the prominent slashes of Blue Poles to reintroduce the conventional notion of figure and ground into his work, but without making any concession to traditional concepts of perspective.
- They advance again and again to demand and seize more concessions, more demands on the way of life of others.
- And yet neither Kofi Annan nor the European diplomatic corps has thought to demand further concessions.
Synonyms
compromise, adjustment, modification
allowance, exception
point conceded, point lost, forfeit, something surrendered
informal sop
1. 1.1mass noun The action of conceding or granting something.
  this strict rule was relaxed by concession
  Example sentencesExamples
  Voters approved the treaty, with special concession for Denmark, in a second referendum, in May 1993.
  It is proposed to grant rail concession to persons suffering with severe or moderate haemophilia disease when they travel for treatment/check up in the recognized hospitals.
  It makes no concession for the size of the museum or the fact that many are run by volunteers - the criteria are the same however large or small.
  And all regard compromise and concession, at least over matters of principle, as weakness, because they are.
  A Corona and one adverb of resignation - or is it concession?
  The mother pact on concession for the country's first private funded airport alone took over two years to come through.
  To the absolutist mindset, breeching a principle is the same as abandoning it, and therefore any concession to differing views amounts to total surrender.
  This could eventually result in the privatization and concession of the respective sectors.
  Compromise and concession can be difficult for the appellant and the court had many concerns about his veracity.
  They proposed that the law should stipulate that a concession on an airport must not become subject to monopolisation, and therefore only parts of the airport should be granted on concession.
  Can he do things that would require compromise and concession?
  Well, the good news is a few weeks ago they were talking about it being the main source of law, so there has been some concession there, which the Iraqi women leaders have been fighting for.
  Since education is a matter of national interest, the bus operators also should bear a part of the social cost of students' concession.
  Fine Gael spokesperson on agriculture, Deputy Billy Timmins, called on Mr Ahern to give some concession to farmers in order to encourage them to sign up to the agreement.
  The whole thing smacks of concession to political pressure. [Strange Canadian spellings in original - Ed.]
  While Bush officials openly sue for peace, they continue to equate any kind of concession with ‘blackmail.’
  Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.
  Synonyms
  admission, acknowledgement, acceptance, recognition, confession
  surrender, yielding, giving up, ceding, relinquishment, sacrifice, handover
  rare cession
2. 1.2a concession to A gesture made in recognition of a demand or prevailing standard.
  her only concession to fashion was her ornate silver ring
  Example sentencesExamples
  The addition of the software has been viewed as a concession to copyright holders.
  Scotland's one concession to pure skill has been flyweight fullback Chris Paterson, although his constant shuffle around the houses suggests they are still unsure how best to use him.
  Such a concession to the confessional system by the Sunni Board members failed to heal the wounds of 10 April.
  It would be a gesture of embargo, a concession to the politics of ostracism.
  They also recognise the sensible concessions made to the haulage industry.
  She has, reluctantly, made one concession to time.
  Dividing Lines makes few concessions to the casual reader.
  This article is a densely argued piece with few concessions to the lay reader.
  The IAMB was supposed to supervise the CPA's control and expenditure of Iraq's oil wealth, but for months the US resisted making any concessions to the body.
  This is the only concession I make towards recognising that the festival exists at all.
  The safety car's one concession to alerting the turbo-charged 400-horsepower cars hurtling towards it was the blinking of its hazard warning lights.
  He's not making a concession to Wall Street; he's just being realistic.
  Once again the offence establishes a wholly objective standard, with no concession to those who are merely learning to drive.
2A preferential allowance or rate given by an organization.
tax concessions
Example sentencesExamples
- The document pledges to start inspections of all institutions and to review all disability allowances and concessions during 2002.
- Weekend reports suggested that one concession involved raising the threshold at which repayment would begin from £15,000 to £20,000.
- Thus, when price concessions are so stringent, quality has to suffer.
- Part of the blame for raising unrealistic expectations must be shared by the media that had gone to the extent of predicting the change in slabs of income tax rates and many other concessions.
- Group rates and concessions are available and school groups are free.
- Parents of children attending five Newbridge schools are calling on the council to allow them special parking concession while they drop their children to school and pick them up again.
- Not incidentally, the availability of common information also precluded secret price concessions.
- For example, changes in exchange rates and market conditions would result in Ford New Zealand requesting Mazda in Japan for a price concession.
- So, like Lopez, Ford pushed for price concessions.
- Under the public distribution scheme, it then transports, again with price concessions, food across this region.
- We are glad to see that Evesham Town Council is making an effort to obtain concessions from the railway companies which, if granted, will be of great benefit to the burgesses.
- The cuts and concessions in the price of fuel are, she says, counter-productive at a time when the country should be looking for ways of getting freight off the roads if global warming is to be tackled.
- Why is the Church, which is classed as a charitable organisation and therefore in receipt of tax concessions, not making the effort to find permanent housing for the nominally Christian homeless?
- On the agenda will be the recent council tax increases and proposed reductions in travel concessions.
- Riding schools don't receive the rates concessions accorded to agriculture, but employment changes such as the working time directive and minimum wage have increased outlay.
- The OEMs have great bargaining power and attempt to wrest price concessions from their suppliers.
- If you don't you will not be entitled to other benefits such as travel concessions and heating allowance etc.
- Housing loans, car loans and education loans would also be sanctioned at huge concessions in interest rates and hassle-free documentation.
- Corporations can now move production to take advantage of cheaper labour costs, lower tax rates and other government concessions.
- In 2007 tax concessions for commuters will be slashed and the tax-free allowance for both married and single persons will be cut.
1. 2.1British A reduction in the price of something for a certain category of person.
  railcard holders can obtain concessions
  there are concessions on party bookings
  Example sentencesExamples
  This was to address complaints that last year's price increase was greater, in percentage terms, for concessions than standard prices.
  At first I forgot I was eligible for a 60-plus concession and went back to the lady in the Kenilworth ticket office with my R11 return to Heathfield.
  Tickets for the show, which starts at 4pm and 8pm, are priced £11, concessions £9.
  The show starts at 8pm on Sunday and tickets are priced £12.50, concessions £11.50.
  Admission £3 for adults, £1.50 children and concession and £7 for a family ticket.
  Tickets are 80 euro and there is a concession price for parties booking tables of 10.
  The licensed café will be open during events and tickets can be purchased at the door for $10 or $8 concession and CAMERA members.
  Furthermore, visitors who have attended the Open Day will be able to take advantage of a £2 entry concession into Beverley's Tattersalls enclosure.
  Tickets are priced £7.50 and concessions are £6.50.
  Admission is adults £5, concession £3 and family tickets for two adults and two children at £13.
  Tickets cost £7, £5 concession and are available from Rainbow Records or the Arts Office at Carlow County Council.
  Trust members have the advantage of concessions on the entrance price at the following museums, houses and gardens on presentation of a current membership card.
  Around 90 tickets are still available for Thursday's 8pm concert, priced £12.50, concessions £11.
  Season tickets for the eight plays are 40 and a single ticket is 8 with concessions at half price.
  Tickets are priced at E10 with concessions at E5.
  A year book is a real snip at just a tenner with concessions half that price.
  Entry is £7 for adults with reductions for children and concessions.
  Ticket prices, including the concessions, include an invitation to supper in the old school opposite the church after the concert.
  Tickets €10 and €6 concession are available from the Cathedral Shop.
  Tickets purchased prior to the day of the match are priced at a cut price 10 for adults and 2 for concessions, but prices on the day of the game will be normal matchday prices, subject to availability.
  Synonyms
  reduction, cut, discount, deduction, decrease
  rebate
  North American depletion allowance
  informal tax break
3The right to use land or other property for a specified purpose, granted by a government, company, or other controlling body.
new logging concessions
Example sentencesExamples
- The current Privatisation Act says that no concession may be extended without specifically applying for a related tender.
- The goal was to give rural communities a stake in long-term forest health by granting them logging concessions.
- There are now hundreds of logging concessions in the region.
- The desire to control mining concessions by the use of proxy forces also appears to motivate the Rwandan government.
- Plantations obtain initial concessions spanning 35 years, which can be extended for another 25 years.
- One solution is for the government to grant an operating concession for a particular project to the private sector.
- They were empowered to raise taxes, grant mineral and land concessions and issue currency.
- The requirement for a concession could affect the control necessary to protect both the natural environment and the experience of that environment for the people who go there.
- Several local governments started issuing forest concession licenses since the implementation of regional autonomy last year as part of efforts to boost their revenues.
- In 1933, a year after the kingdom was declared, the first American oil concession was granted.
- The last solution consists of the concession of exclusive property rights to new knowledge creators.
- Urban housing is a measure of status, since most urban land concessions are granted to people in government and administration and to their relatives and clients.
- In 1952, the Iranians stopped renewing the Russian concession, and took control of their own production.
- In response, the company said his action was without proper legal foundation and that it was not necessary to obtain a concession from the minister.
- Engineering and management consultant Mott MacDonald, is partially interested in obtaining a concession for the two airports, Laden said.
- In 1933 Standard Oil of California obtained a concession from the founder of modern-day Saudi Arabia King Abd Al-Aziz Ibn Saud.
- After the war, Taylor rewarded his old friend by granting him logging concessions on the Liberian border with neighbouring Ivory Coast, through which much of his timber is moved.
- On April 8, the Cabinet granted a 35-year concession to a Danish company, Copenhagen Airports.
- The Baka and Bantu people have lived here for generations, eking out a living by growing crops, working in the logging concessions, and hunting and gathering in the forest.
- Nasi said properly managed logging concessions can help to preserve rain forest biodiversity in other areas.
Synonyms
right, privilege, favour
licence, permit, franchise, warrant, authorization
1. 3.1 A commercial operation set up by agreement within the premises of a larger concern.
  the concessions will offer photo processing and a pharmacy
  Example sentencesExamples
  At the current arena the Rockets play, Alexander has no control over the concessions and receives no money from the sale of hot dogs and other items.
  Because his family had a key to the arena as the operators of the concessions stand, Hamhuis on some nights would drill pucks around the old hangar until 3 in the morning.
  Debenhams does not have any of the concessions within the store which Allders has.
  Another factor, though, is the fact that the Musee is a privately held concession, not a non-profit.
  A free shuttle circulates around the race track, stopping at all of the concession stands and souvenir shops.
  In addition to these store closures, the eight remaining Time concessions within Office World stores will shut in September.
  Sneakers operates the two sports-theme restaurants in Jacksonville as well as concession stands at Alltel Stadium.
  It has 136 stand-alone stores, and four concessions within Scottish Power outlets.
  The Galaxy hope to make the bulk of their money through greater control of concessions and parking revenue and its 43 luxury suites.
  The stores being shut seem to be the high overhead stand alone outlets, with Time's concessions within Powerhouse being OK.
  Worldwide, they are in the process of either acquiring resources, concessions or companies that control these resources and concessions.
  The character, Colin, works in the Blackpool branch of Time, which is a concession within the Office World store.
  It said that, under a consortium name of Tirta Ciparen Permai, its total investment during the 25 year concession would amount to over 250 million euros.
  Gymboree has three outlets in Dublin, including one on Grafton Street, one in the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and a concession in the Arnotts department store.
  The Airport Authority envisages a 10-year concession for the 12 hectare site, which is earmarked for a business centre in the long-term.
  Turf Catering also operates the concession stands at Keeneland Race Course
  You control the food concessions, T-shirt and skateboard shops, and the prices of food and merchandise within.
  Exum Mountain Guides is a private corporation that holds the longest unbroken climbing concession in any American national park.
  Income generated by taxes, takeoff and landing fees, and concessions will likely be far below last year's $511 million.
  Time currently runs 60 concessions within Powerhouse stores but plans to quit them all.
  Synonyms
  store, retail store, outlet, retail outlet, reseller, cash and carry
2. 3.2 The right, given by a company, to sell goods, especially in a particular place.
  Example sentencesExamples
  As the railway network expanded, the company secured concessions for kiosks to sell newspapers and periodicals at principal stations from most railway companies.
  GEK and the Bulgarian-registered firm Slunchev Dar filed bids to obtain the concession by the September 1 deadline.
  When the track reopened, there were no bleachers, concessions were sold from a small trailer, and power came from generators.
  A concession to sell over-priced soft drinks cost £30 plus 20% of the profits.
3. 3.3Canadian A piece of land into which surveyed land is divided.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Lines and Concessions created blocks of 1000 acres each, which divided into five settler lots each of 200 acres, though at the fourth concession the irregular Lake front created lots of various sizes.
  The "seigneur" granted parcels of land (concessions) on his seigneury to tenants called "censitaires."

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin concessio(n-), from the verb concedere (see concede).

Definition of concession in US English:

concession

nounkənˈsɛʃənkənˈseSHən

1A thing that is granted, especially in response to demands; a thing conceded.
the strikers returned to work having won some concessions
Example sentencesExamples
- The concession came in response to Chancellor Gordon Brown's belief that the pact fails to take account of borrowing and investment over a five to six-year cycle.
- Muji's only concession to the festive season is that Pinlights become available in white or berry colours for indoor use.
- They say he has once again failed to win concessions from communist China that could have saved U.S. jobs and strengthened national security.
- And yet neither Kofi Annan nor the European diplomatic corps has thought to demand further concessions.
- More immediately, he could have demanded visible concessions from the President benefiting from his hospitality last week.
- They advance again and again to demand and seize more concessions, more demands on the way of life of others.
- Frances Kelly says that inch by inch, the access lobby groups have demanded and received concessions, particularly in New South Wales.
- Those parties lose nothing if there is an election so can demand greater concessions and throw tantrums with much less provocation.
- Somebody needs to pick up the baton here and, you know, without kind of waiting for a consensus or without demanding concessions.
- He would demand concessions and these Stalin could negotiate over; but Hitler's real strategy would be to move against the Middle East.
- The DUP will question the document he gave them to study, just as Gerry Adams quizzed him about it last week, for evidence of the concessions they have demanded.
- Alexander II found that relaxation and reform led not to contentment but to increasing demands for concessions which he had never been prepared to grant.
- Under this pact the government made some concessions to Tamil demands, including the devolution of power to the provinces.
- Preparations should begin to widen the industrial action until all of the employers' demands for give-backs and concessions are dropped.
- But while he furiously resists significant concessions to their demands, even Blair is showing signs of compromise.
- In this way, the company is hoping to appease its older workers, drive a wedge between older and newer workers, and thus win the concessions it is demanding.
- Since then, the union leadership has capitulated to DaimlerChrysler's demands for wage concessions and other give-backs.
- The council has already made significant concessions in response to the trade unions' original proposals.
- However, in a series of manoeuvres, government whips agreed to his demands for two undisclosed concessions to benefit his constituency.
- With this threat to sales looming, Safeway, Albertsons, and Kroger demanded major concessions from their employees in order to cut costs.
- Pollock uses the prominent slashes of Blue Poles to reintroduce the conventional notion of figure and ground into his work, but without making any concession to traditional concepts of perspective.
- Second, the ‘world’ will now demand new concessions of Israel.
Synonyms
compromise, adjustment, modification
1. 1.1 The action of conceding, granting, or yielding something.
  Example sentencesExamples
  This could eventually result in the privatization and concession of the respective sectors.
  Fine Gael spokesperson on agriculture, Deputy Billy Timmins, called on Mr Ahern to give some concession to farmers in order to encourage them to sign up to the agreement.
  The mother pact on concession for the country's first private funded airport alone took over two years to come through.
  Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.
  They proposed that the law should stipulate that a concession on an airport must not become subject to monopolisation, and therefore only parts of the airport should be granted on concession.
  Can he do things that would require compromise and concession?
  A Corona and one adverb of resignation - or is it concession?
  The whole thing smacks of concession to political pressure. [Strange Canadian spellings in original - Ed.]
  It is proposed to grant rail concession to persons suffering with severe or moderate haemophilia disease when they travel for treatment/check up in the recognized hospitals.
  Since education is a matter of national interest, the bus operators also should bear a part of the social cost of students' concession.
  Voters approved the treaty, with special concession for Denmark, in a second referendum, in May 1993.
  It makes no concession for the size of the museum or the fact that many are run by volunteers - the criteria are the same however large or small.
  To the absolutist mindset, breeching a principle is the same as abandoning it, and therefore any concession to differing views amounts to total surrender.
  Compromise and concession can be difficult for the appellant and the court had many concerns about his veracity.
  Well, the good news is a few weeks ago they were talking about it being the main source of law, so there has been some concession there, which the Iraqi women leaders have been fighting for.
  And all regard compromise and concession, at least over matters of principle, as weakness, because they are.
  While Bush officials openly sue for peace, they continue to equate any kind of concession with ‘blackmail.’
  Synonyms
  admission, acknowledgement, acceptance, recognition, confession
  surrender, yielding, giving up, ceding, relinquishment, sacrifice, handover
2. 1.2a concession to A gesture, especially a token one, made in recognition of a demand or prevailing standard.
  her only concession to fashion was her ornate silver ring
  Example sentencesExamples
  It would be a gesture of embargo, a concession to the politics of ostracism.
  The addition of the software has been viewed as a concession to copyright holders.
  This article is a densely argued piece with few concessions to the lay reader.
  Once again the offence establishes a wholly objective standard, with no concession to those who are merely learning to drive.
  They also recognise the sensible concessions made to the haulage industry.
  Scotland's one concession to pure skill has been flyweight fullback Chris Paterson, although his constant shuffle around the houses suggests they are still unsure how best to use him.
  She has, reluctantly, made one concession to time.
  He's not making a concession to Wall Street; he's just being realistic.
  This is the only concession I make towards recognising that the festival exists at all.
  The safety car's one concession to alerting the turbo-charged 400-horsepower cars hurtling towards it was the blinking of its hazard warning lights.
  Such a concession to the confessional system by the Sunni Board members failed to heal the wounds of 10 April.
  The IAMB was supposed to supervise the CPA's control and expenditure of Iraq's oil wealth, but for months the US resisted making any concessions to the body.
  Dividing Lines makes few concessions to the casual reader.
2A preferential allowance or rate given by an organization.
tax concessions
Example sentencesExamples
- Why is the Church, which is classed as a charitable organisation and therefore in receipt of tax concessions, not making the effort to find permanent housing for the nominally Christian homeless?
- For example, changes in exchange rates and market conditions would result in Ford New Zealand requesting Mazda in Japan for a price concession.
- The document pledges to start inspections of all institutions and to review all disability allowances and concessions during 2002.
- Not incidentally, the availability of common information also precluded secret price concessions.
- We are glad to see that Evesham Town Council is making an effort to obtain concessions from the railway companies which, if granted, will be of great benefit to the burgesses.
- In 2007 tax concessions for commuters will be slashed and the tax-free allowance for both married and single persons will be cut.
- Weekend reports suggested that one concession involved raising the threshold at which repayment would begin from £15,000 to £20,000.
- Riding schools don't receive the rates concessions accorded to agriculture, but employment changes such as the working time directive and minimum wage have increased outlay.
- Under the public distribution scheme, it then transports, again with price concessions, food across this region.
- Group rates and concessions are available and school groups are free.
- On the agenda will be the recent council tax increases and proposed reductions in travel concessions.
- If you don't you will not be entitled to other benefits such as travel concessions and heating allowance etc.
- The OEMs have great bargaining power and attempt to wrest price concessions from their suppliers.
- Parents of children attending five Newbridge schools are calling on the council to allow them special parking concession while they drop their children to school and pick them up again.
- Housing loans, car loans and education loans would also be sanctioned at huge concessions in interest rates and hassle-free documentation.
- The cuts and concessions in the price of fuel are, she says, counter-productive at a time when the country should be looking for ways of getting freight off the roads if global warming is to be tackled.
- So, like Lopez, Ford pushed for price concessions.
- Part of the blame for raising unrealistic expectations must be shared by the media that had gone to the extent of predicting the change in slabs of income tax rates and many other concessions.
- Corporations can now move production to take advantage of cheaper labour costs, lower tax rates and other government concessions.
- Thus, when price concessions are so stringent, quality has to suffer.
3The right to use land or other property for a specified purpose, granted by a government, company, or other controlling body.
new logging concessions
Example sentencesExamples
- Plantations obtain initial concessions spanning 35 years, which can be extended for another 25 years.
- In response, the company said his action was without proper legal foundation and that it was not necessary to obtain a concession from the minister.
- The Baka and Bantu people have lived here for generations, eking out a living by growing crops, working in the logging concessions, and hunting and gathering in the forest.
- In 1933 Standard Oil of California obtained a concession from the founder of modern-day Saudi Arabia King Abd Al-Aziz Ibn Saud.
- The goal was to give rural communities a stake in long-term forest health by granting them logging concessions.
- Urban housing is a measure of status, since most urban land concessions are granted to people in government and administration and to their relatives and clients.
- After the war, Taylor rewarded his old friend by granting him logging concessions on the Liberian border with neighbouring Ivory Coast, through which much of his timber is moved.
- In 1952, the Iranians stopped renewing the Russian concession, and took control of their own production.
- On April 8, the Cabinet granted a 35-year concession to a Danish company, Copenhagen Airports.
- One solution is for the government to grant an operating concession for a particular project to the private sector.
- Nasi said properly managed logging concessions can help to preserve rain forest biodiversity in other areas.
- The desire to control mining concessions by the use of proxy forces also appears to motivate the Rwandan government.
- Engineering and management consultant Mott MacDonald, is partially interested in obtaining a concession for the two airports, Laden said.
- In 1933, a year after the kingdom was declared, the first American oil concession was granted.
- The requirement for a concession could affect the control necessary to protect both the natural environment and the experience of that environment for the people who go there.
- The current Privatisation Act says that no concession may be extended without specifically applying for a related tender.
- They were empowered to raise taxes, grant mineral and land concessions and issue currency.
- There are now hundreds of logging concessions in the region.
- The last solution consists of the concession of exclusive property rights to new knowledge creators.
- Several local governments started issuing forest concession licenses since the implementation of regional autonomy last year as part of efforts to boost their revenues.
Synonyms
right, privilege, favour
1. 3.1 A commercial operation within the premises of a larger concern, typically selling refreshments.
  operates the concessions at the stadium
  as modifier public restrooms and concession stands
  Example sentencesExamples
  It said that, under a consortium name of Tirta Ciparen Permai, its total investment during the 25 year concession would amount to over 250 million euros.
  The character, Colin, works in the Blackpool branch of Time, which is a concession within the Office World store.
  A free shuttle circulates around the race track, stopping at all of the concession stands and souvenir shops.
  Because his family had a key to the arena as the operators of the concessions stand, Hamhuis on some nights would drill pucks around the old hangar until 3 in the morning.
  The stores being shut seem to be the high overhead stand alone outlets, with Time's concessions within Powerhouse being OK.
  It has 136 stand-alone stores, and four concessions within Scottish Power outlets.
  Turf Catering also operates the concession stands at Keeneland Race Course
  Sneakers operates the two sports-theme restaurants in Jacksonville as well as concession stands at Alltel Stadium.
  Worldwide, they are in the process of either acquiring resources, concessions or companies that control these resources and concessions.
  The Galaxy hope to make the bulk of their money through greater control of concessions and parking revenue and its 43 luxury suites.
  At the current arena the Rockets play, Alexander has no control over the concessions and receives no money from the sale of hot dogs and other items.
  Debenhams does not have any of the concessions within the store which Allders has.
  Gymboree has three outlets in Dublin, including one on Grafton Street, one in the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and a concession in the Arnotts department store.
  You control the food concessions, T-shirt and skateboard shops, and the prices of food and merchandise within.
  In addition to these store closures, the eight remaining Time concessions within Office World stores will shut in September.
  Another factor, though, is the fact that the Musee is a privately held concession, not a non-profit.
  Income generated by taxes, takeoff and landing fees, and concessions will likely be far below last year's $511 million.
  The Airport Authority envisages a 10-year concession for the 12 hectare site, which is earmarked for a business centre in the long-term.
  Exum Mountain Guides is a private corporation that holds the longest unbroken climbing concession in any American national park.
  Time currently runs 60 concessions within Powerhouse stores but plans to quit them all.
  Synonyms
  store, retail store, outlet, retail outlet, reseller, cash and carry
2. 3.2Canadian A piece of land into which surveyed land is divided, itself further divided into lots.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The "seigneur" granted parcels of land (concessions) on his seigneury to tenants called "censitaires."
  Lines and Concessions created blocks of 1000 acres each, which divided into five settler lots each of 200 acres, though at the fourth concession the irregular Lake front created lots of various sizes.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin concessio(n-), from the verb concedere (see concede).

单词	concession
释义	Definition of concession in English: concession noun kənˈsɛʃ(ə)nkənˈsɛʃən 1A thing that is granted, especially in response to demands. the government was unwilling to make any further concessions Example sentencesExamples They say he has once again failed to win concessions from communist China that could have saved U.S. jobs and strengthened national security. Somebody needs to pick up the baton here and, you know, without kind of waiting for a consensus or without demanding concessions. However, in a series of manoeuvres, government whips agreed to his demands for two undisclosed concessions to benefit his constituency. Frances Kelly says that inch by inch, the access lobby groups have demanded and received concessions, particularly in New South Wales. In this way, the company is hoping to appease its older workers, drive a wedge between older and newer workers, and thus win the concessions it is demanding. The council has already made significant concessions in response to the trade unions' original proposals. He would demand concessions and these Stalin could negotiate over; but Hitler's real strategy would be to move against the Middle East. The DUP will question the document he gave them to study, just as Gerry Adams quizzed him about it last week, for evidence of the concessions they have demanded. Preparations should begin to widen the industrial action until all of the employers' demands for give-backs and concessions are dropped. Second, the ‘world’ will now demand new concessions of Israel. The concession came in response to Chancellor Gordon Brown's belief that the pact fails to take account of borrowing and investment over a five to six-year cycle. Alexander II found that relaxation and reform led not to contentment but to increasing demands for concessions which he had never been prepared to grant. More immediately, he could have demanded visible concessions from the President benefiting from his hospitality last week. Since then, the union leadership has capitulated to DaimlerChrysler's demands for wage concessions and other give-backs. Those parties lose nothing if there is an election so can demand greater concessions and throw tantrums with much less provocation. Under this pact the government made some concessions to Tamil demands, including the devolution of power to the provinces. With this threat to sales looming, Safeway, Albertsons, and Kroger demanded major concessions from their employees in order to cut costs. Muji's only concession to the festive season is that Pinlights become available in white or berry colours for indoor use. But while he furiously resists significant concessions to their demands, even Blair is showing signs of compromise. Pollock uses the prominent slashes of Blue Poles to reintroduce the conventional notion of figure and ground into his work, but without making any concession to traditional concepts of perspective. They advance again and again to demand and seize more concessions, more demands on the way of life of others. And yet neither Kofi Annan nor the European diplomatic corps has thought to demand further concessions. Synonyms compromise, adjustment, modification allowance, exception point conceded, point lost, forfeit, something surrendered informal sop 1.1mass noun The action of conceding or granting something. this strict rule was relaxed by concession Example sentencesExamples Voters approved the treaty, with special concession for Denmark, in a second referendum, in May 1993. It is proposed to grant rail concession to persons suffering with severe or moderate haemophilia disease when they travel for treatment/check up in the recognized hospitals. It makes no concession for the size of the museum or the fact that many are run by volunteers - the criteria are the same however large or small. And all regard compromise and concession, at least over matters of principle, as weakness, because they are. A Corona and one adverb of resignation - or is it concession? The mother pact on concession for the country's first private funded airport alone took over two years to come through. To the absolutist mindset, breeching a principle is the same as abandoning it, and therefore any concession to differing views amounts to total surrender. This could eventually result in the privatization and concession of the respective sectors. Compromise and concession can be difficult for the appellant and the court had many concerns about his veracity. They proposed that the law should stipulate that a concession on an airport must not become subject to monopolisation, and therefore only parts of the airport should be granted on concession. Can he do things that would require compromise and concession? Well, the good news is a few weeks ago they were talking about it being the main source of law, so there has been some concession there, which the Iraqi women leaders have been fighting for. Since education is a matter of national interest, the bus operators also should bear a part of the social cost of students' concession. Fine Gael spokesperson on agriculture, Deputy Billy Timmins, called on Mr Ahern to give some concession to farmers in order to encourage them to sign up to the agreement. The whole thing smacks of concession to political pressure. [Strange Canadian spellings in original - Ed.] While Bush officials openly sue for peace, they continue to equate any kind of concession with ‘blackmail.’ Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession. Synonyms admission, acknowledgement, acceptance, recognition, confession surrender, yielding, giving up, ceding, relinquishment, sacrifice, handover rare cession 1.2a concession to A gesture made in recognition of a demand or prevailing standard. her only concession to fashion was her ornate silver ring Example sentencesExamples The addition of the software has been viewed as a concession to copyright holders. Scotland's one concession to pure skill has been flyweight fullback Chris Paterson, although his constant shuffle around the houses suggests they are still unsure how best to use him. Such a concession to the confessional system by the Sunni Board members failed to heal the wounds of 10 April. It would be a gesture of embargo, a concession to the politics of ostracism. They also recognise the sensible concessions made to the haulage industry. She has, reluctantly, made one concession to time. Dividing Lines makes few concessions to the casual reader. This article is a densely argued piece with few concessions to the lay reader. The IAMB was supposed to supervise the CPA's control and expenditure of Iraq's oil wealth, but for months the US resisted making any concessions to the body. This is the only concession I make towards recognising that the festival exists at all. The safety car's one concession to alerting the turbo-charged 400-horsepower cars hurtling towards it was the blinking of its hazard warning lights. He's not making a concession to Wall Street; he's just being realistic. Once again the offence establishes a wholly objective standard, with no concession to those who are merely learning to drive. 2A preferential allowance or rate given by an organization. tax concessions Example sentencesExamples The document pledges to start inspections of all institutions and to review all disability allowances and concessions during 2002. Weekend reports suggested that one concession involved raising the threshold at which repayment would begin from £15,000 to £20,000. Thus, when price concessions are so stringent, quality has to suffer. Part of the blame for raising unrealistic expectations must be shared by the media that had gone to the extent of predicting the change in slabs of income tax rates and many other concessions. Group rates and concessions are available and school groups are free. Parents of children attending five Newbridge schools are calling on the council to allow them special parking concession while they drop their children to school and pick them up again. Not incidentally, the availability of common information also precluded secret price concessions. For example, changes in exchange rates and market conditions would result in Ford New Zealand requesting Mazda in Japan for a price concession. So, like Lopez, Ford pushed for price concessions. Under the public distribution scheme, it then transports, again with price concessions, food across this region. We are glad to see that Evesham Town Council is making an effort to obtain concessions from the railway companies which, if granted, will be of great benefit to the burgesses. The cuts and concessions in the price of fuel are, she says, counter-productive at a time when the country should be looking for ways of getting freight off the roads if global warming is to be tackled. Why is the Church, which is classed as a charitable organisation and therefore in receipt of tax concessions, not making the effort to find permanent housing for the nominally Christian homeless? On the agenda will be the recent council tax increases and proposed reductions in travel concessions. Riding schools don't receive the rates concessions accorded to agriculture, but employment changes such as the working time directive and minimum wage have increased outlay. The OEMs have great bargaining power and attempt to wrest price concessions from their suppliers. If you don't you will not be entitled to other benefits such as travel concessions and heating allowance etc. Housing loans, car loans and education loans would also be sanctioned at huge concessions in interest rates and hassle-free documentation. Corporations can now move production to take advantage of cheaper labour costs, lower tax rates and other government concessions. In 2007 tax concessions for commuters will be slashed and the tax-free allowance for both married and single persons will be cut. 2.1British A reduction in the price of something for a certain category of person. railcard holders can obtain concessions there are concessions on party bookings Example sentencesExamples This was to address complaints that last year's price increase was greater, in percentage terms, for concessions than standard prices. At first I forgot I was eligible for a 60-plus concession and went back to the lady in the Kenilworth ticket office with my R11 return to Heathfield. Tickets for the show, which starts at 4pm and 8pm, are priced £11, concessions £9. The show starts at 8pm on Sunday and tickets are priced £12.50, concessions £11.50. Admission £3 for adults, £1.50 children and concession and £7 for a family ticket. Tickets are 80 euro and there is a concession price for parties booking tables of 10. The licensed café will be open during events and tickets can be purchased at the door for $10 or $8 concession and CAMERA members. Furthermore, visitors who have attended the Open Day will be able to take advantage of a £2 entry concession into Beverley's Tattersalls enclosure. Tickets are priced £7.50 and concessions are £6.50. Admission is adults £5, concession £3 and family tickets for two adults and two children at £13. Tickets cost £7, £5 concession and are available from Rainbow Records or the Arts Office at Carlow County Council. Trust members have the advantage of concessions on the entrance price at the following museums, houses and gardens on presentation of a current membership card. Around 90 tickets are still available for Thursday's 8pm concert, priced £12.50, concessions £11. Season tickets for the eight plays are 40 and a single ticket is 8 with concessions at half price. Tickets are priced at E10 with concessions at E5. A year book is a real snip at just a tenner with concessions half that price. Entry is £7 for adults with reductions for children and concessions. Ticket prices, including the concessions, include an invitation to supper in the old school opposite the church after the concert. Tickets €10 and €6 concession are available from the Cathedral Shop. Tickets purchased prior to the day of the match are priced at a cut price 10 for adults and 2 for concessions, but prices on the day of the game will be normal matchday prices, subject to availability. Synonyms reduction, cut, discount, deduction, decrease rebate North American depletion allowance informal tax break 3The right to use land or other property for a specified purpose, granted by a government, company, or other controlling body. new logging concessions Example sentencesExamples The current Privatisation Act says that no concession may be extended without specifically applying for a related tender. The goal was to give rural communities a stake in long-term forest health by granting them logging concessions. There are now hundreds of logging concessions in the region. The desire to control mining concessions by the use of proxy forces also appears to motivate the Rwandan government. Plantations obtain initial concessions spanning 35 years, which can be extended for another 25 years. One solution is for the government to grant an operating concession for a particular project to the private sector. They were empowered to raise taxes, grant mineral and land concessions and issue currency. The requirement for a concession could affect the control necessary to protect both the natural environment and the experience of that environment for the people who go there. Several local governments started issuing forest concession licenses since the implementation of regional autonomy last year as part of efforts to boost their revenues. In 1933, a year after the kingdom was declared, the first American oil concession was granted. The last solution consists of the concession of exclusive property rights to new knowledge creators. Urban housing is a measure of status, since most urban land concessions are granted to people in government and administration and to their relatives and clients. In 1952, the Iranians stopped renewing the Russian concession, and took control of their own production. In response, the company said his action was without proper legal foundation and that it was not necessary to obtain a concession from the minister. Engineering and management consultant Mott MacDonald, is partially interested in obtaining a concession for the two airports, Laden said. In 1933 Standard Oil of California obtained a concession from the founder of modern-day Saudi Arabia King Abd Al-Aziz Ibn Saud. After the war, Taylor rewarded his old friend by granting him logging concessions on the Liberian border with neighbouring Ivory Coast, through which much of his timber is moved. On April 8, the Cabinet granted a 35-year concession to a Danish company, Copenhagen Airports. The Baka and Bantu people have lived here for generations, eking out a living by growing crops, working in the logging concessions, and hunting and gathering in the forest. Nasi said properly managed logging concessions can help to preserve rain forest biodiversity in other areas. Synonyms right, privilege, favour licence, permit, franchise, warrant, authorization 3.1 A commercial operation set up by agreement within the premises of a larger concern. the concessions will offer photo processing and a pharmacy Example sentencesExamples At the current arena the Rockets play, Alexander has no control over the concessions and receives no money from the sale of hot dogs and other items. Because his family had a key to the arena as the operators of the concessions stand, Hamhuis on some nights would drill pucks around the old hangar until 3 in the morning. Debenhams does not have any of the concessions within the store which Allders has. Another factor, though, is the fact that the Musee is a privately held concession, not a non-profit. A free shuttle circulates around the race track, stopping at all of the concession stands and souvenir shops. In addition to these store closures, the eight remaining Time concessions within Office World stores will shut in September. Sneakers operates the two sports-theme restaurants in Jacksonville as well as concession stands at Alltel Stadium. It has 136 stand-alone stores, and four concessions within Scottish Power outlets. The Galaxy hope to make the bulk of their money through greater control of concessions and parking revenue and its 43 luxury suites. The stores being shut seem to be the high overhead stand alone outlets, with Time's concessions within Powerhouse being OK. Worldwide, they are in the process of either acquiring resources, concessions or companies that control these resources and concessions. The character, Colin, works in the Blackpool branch of Time, which is a concession within the Office World store. It said that, under a consortium name of Tirta Ciparen Permai, its total investment during the 25 year concession would amount to over 250 million euros. Gymboree has three outlets in Dublin, including one on Grafton Street, one in the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and a concession in the Arnotts department store. The Airport Authority envisages a 10-year concession for the 12 hectare site, which is earmarked for a business centre in the long-term. Turf Catering also operates the concession stands at Keeneland Race Course You control the food concessions, T-shirt and skateboard shops, and the prices of food and merchandise within. Exum Mountain Guides is a private corporation that holds the longest unbroken climbing concession in any American national park. Income generated by taxes, takeoff and landing fees, and concessions will likely be far below last year's $511 million. Time currently runs 60 concessions within Powerhouse stores but plans to quit them all. Synonyms store, retail store, outlet, retail outlet, reseller, cash and carry 3.2 The right, given by a company, to sell goods, especially in a particular place. Example sentencesExamples As the railway network expanded, the company secured concessions for kiosks to sell newspapers and periodicals at principal stations from most railway companies. GEK and the Bulgarian-registered firm Slunchev Dar filed bids to obtain the concession by the September 1 deadline. When the track reopened, there were no bleachers, concessions were sold from a small trailer, and power came from generators. A concession to sell over-priced soft drinks cost £30 plus 20% of the profits. 3.3Canadian A piece of land into which surveyed land is divided. Example sentencesExamples Lines and Concessions created blocks of 1000 acres each, which divided into five settler lots each of 200 acres, though at the fourth concession the irregular Lake front created lots of various sizes. The "seigneur" granted parcels of land (concessions) on his seigneury to tenants called "censitaires." Origin Late Middle English: from Latin concessio(n-), from the verb concedere (see concede). Definition of concession in US English: concession nounkənˈsɛʃənkənˈseSHən 1A thing that is granted, especially in response to demands; a thing conceded. the strikers returned to work having won some concessions Example sentencesExamples The concession came in response to Chancellor Gordon Brown's belief that the pact fails to take account of borrowing and investment over a five to six-year cycle. Muji's only concession to the festive season is that Pinlights become available in white or berry colours for indoor use. They say he has once again failed to win concessions from communist China that could have saved U.S. jobs and strengthened national security. And yet neither Kofi Annan nor the European diplomatic corps has thought to demand further concessions. More immediately, he could have demanded visible concessions from the President benefiting from his hospitality last week. They advance again and again to demand and seize more concessions, more demands on the way of life of others. Frances Kelly says that inch by inch, the access lobby groups have demanded and received concessions, particularly in New South Wales. Those parties lose nothing if there is an election so can demand greater concessions and throw tantrums with much less provocation. Somebody needs to pick up the baton here and, you know, without kind of waiting for a consensus or without demanding concessions. He would demand concessions and these Stalin could negotiate over; but Hitler's real strategy would be to move against the Middle East. The DUP will question the document he gave them to study, just as Gerry Adams quizzed him about it last week, for evidence of the concessions they have demanded. Alexander II found that relaxation and reform led not to contentment but to increasing demands for concessions which he had never been prepared to grant. Under this pact the government made some concessions to Tamil demands, including the devolution of power to the provinces. Preparations should begin to widen the industrial action until all of the employers' demands for give-backs and concessions are dropped. But while he furiously resists significant concessions to their demands, even Blair is showing signs of compromise. In this way, the company is hoping to appease its older workers, drive a wedge between older and newer workers, and thus win the concessions it is demanding. Since then, the union leadership has capitulated to DaimlerChrysler's demands for wage concessions and other give-backs. The council has already made significant concessions in response to the trade unions' original proposals. However, in a series of manoeuvres, government whips agreed to his demands for two undisclosed concessions to benefit his constituency. With this threat to sales looming, Safeway, Albertsons, and Kroger demanded major concessions from their employees in order to cut costs. Pollock uses the prominent slashes of Blue Poles to reintroduce the conventional notion of figure and ground into his work, but without making any concession to traditional concepts of perspective. Second, the ‘world’ will now demand new concessions of Israel. Synonyms compromise, adjustment, modification 1.1 The action of conceding, granting, or yielding something. Example sentencesExamples This could eventually result in the privatization and concession of the respective sectors. Fine Gael spokesperson on agriculture, Deputy Billy Timmins, called on Mr Ahern to give some concession to farmers in order to encourage them to sign up to the agreement. The mother pact on concession for the country's first private funded airport alone took over two years to come through. Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession. They proposed that the law should stipulate that a concession on an airport must not become subject to monopolisation, and therefore only parts of the airport should be granted on concession. Can he do things that would require compromise and concession? A Corona and one adverb of resignation - or is it concession? The whole thing smacks of concession to political pressure. [Strange Canadian spellings in original - Ed.] It is proposed to grant rail concession to persons suffering with severe or moderate haemophilia disease when they travel for treatment/check up in the recognized hospitals. Since education is a matter of national interest, the bus operators also should bear a part of the social cost of students' concession. Voters approved the treaty, with special concession for Denmark, in a second referendum, in May 1993. It makes no concession for the size of the museum or the fact that many are run by volunteers - the criteria are the same however large or small. To the absolutist mindset, breeching a principle is the same as abandoning it, and therefore any concession to differing views amounts to total surrender. Compromise and concession can be difficult for the appellant and the court had many concerns about his veracity. Well, the good news is a few weeks ago they were talking about it being the main source of law, so there has been some concession there, which the Iraqi women leaders have been fighting for. And all regard compromise and concession, at least over matters of principle, as weakness, because they are. While Bush officials openly sue for peace, they continue to equate any kind of concession with ‘blackmail.’ Synonyms admission, acknowledgement, acceptance, recognition, confession surrender, yielding, giving up, ceding, relinquishment, sacrifice, handover 1.2a concession to A gesture, especially a token one, made in recognition of a demand or prevailing standard. her only concession to fashion was her ornate silver ring Example sentencesExamples It would be a gesture of embargo, a concession to the politics of ostracism. The addition of the software has been viewed as a concession to copyright holders. This article is a densely argued piece with few concessions to the lay reader. Once again the offence establishes a wholly objective standard, with no concession to those who are merely learning to drive. They also recognise the sensible concessions made to the haulage industry. Scotland's one concession to pure skill has been flyweight fullback Chris Paterson, although his constant shuffle around the houses suggests they are still unsure how best to use him. She has, reluctantly, made one concession to time. He's not making a concession to Wall Street; he's just being realistic. This is the only concession I make towards recognising that the festival exists at all. The safety car's one concession to alerting the turbo-charged 400-horsepower cars hurtling towards it was the blinking of its hazard warning lights. Such a concession to the confessional system by the Sunni Board members failed to heal the wounds of 10 April. The IAMB was supposed to supervise the CPA's control and expenditure of Iraq's oil wealth, but for months the US resisted making any concessions to the body. Dividing Lines makes few concessions to the casual reader. 2A preferential allowance or rate given by an organization. tax concessions Example sentencesExamples Why is the Church, which is classed as a charitable organisation and therefore in receipt of tax concessions, not making the effort to find permanent housing for the nominally Christian homeless? For example, changes in exchange rates and market conditions would result in Ford New Zealand requesting Mazda in Japan for a price concession. The document pledges to start inspections of all institutions and to review all disability allowances and concessions during 2002. Not incidentally, the availability of common information also precluded secret price concessions. We are glad to see that Evesham Town Council is making an effort to obtain concessions from the railway companies which, if granted, will be of great benefit to the burgesses. In 2007 tax concessions for commuters will be slashed and the tax-free allowance for both married and single persons will be cut. Weekend reports suggested that one concession involved raising the threshold at which repayment would begin from £15,000 to £20,000. Riding schools don't receive the rates concessions accorded to agriculture, but employment changes such as the working time directive and minimum wage have increased outlay. Under the public distribution scheme, it then transports, again with price concessions, food across this region. Group rates and concessions are available and school groups are free. On the agenda will be the recent council tax increases and proposed reductions in travel concessions. If you don't you will not be entitled to other benefits such as travel concessions and heating allowance etc. The OEMs have great bargaining power and attempt to wrest price concessions from their suppliers. Parents of children attending five Newbridge schools are calling on the council to allow them special parking concession while they drop their children to school and pick them up again. Housing loans, car loans and education loans would also be sanctioned at huge concessions in interest rates and hassle-free documentation. The cuts and concessions in the price of fuel are, she says, counter-productive at a time when the country should be looking for ways of getting freight off the roads if global warming is to be tackled. So, like Lopez, Ford pushed for price concessions. Part of the blame for raising unrealistic expectations must be shared by the media that had gone to the extent of predicting the change in slabs of income tax rates and many other concessions. Corporations can now move production to take advantage of cheaper labour costs, lower tax rates and other government concessions. Thus, when price concessions are so stringent, quality has to suffer. 3The right to use land or other property for a specified purpose, granted by a government, company, or other controlling body. new logging concessions Example sentencesExamples Plantations obtain initial concessions spanning 35 years, which can be extended for another 25 years. In response, the company said his action was without proper legal foundation and that it was not necessary to obtain a concession from the minister. The Baka and Bantu people have lived here for generations, eking out a living by growing crops, working in the logging concessions, and hunting and gathering in the forest. In 1933 Standard Oil of California obtained a concession from the founder of modern-day Saudi Arabia King Abd Al-Aziz Ibn Saud. The goal was to give rural communities a stake in long-term forest health by granting them logging concessions. Urban housing is a measure of status, since most urban land concessions are granted to people in government and administration and to their relatives and clients. After the war, Taylor rewarded his old friend by granting him logging concessions on the Liberian border with neighbouring Ivory Coast, through which much of his timber is moved. In 1952, the Iranians stopped renewing the Russian concession, and took control of their own production. On April 8, the Cabinet granted a 35-year concession to a Danish company, Copenhagen Airports. One solution is for the government to grant an operating concession for a particular project to the private sector. Nasi said properly managed logging concessions can help to preserve rain forest biodiversity in other areas. The desire to control mining concessions by the use of proxy forces also appears to motivate the Rwandan government. Engineering and management consultant Mott MacDonald, is partially interested in obtaining a concession for the two airports, Laden said. In 1933, a year after the kingdom was declared, the first American oil concession was granted. The requirement for a concession could affect the control necessary to protect both the natural environment and the experience of that environment for the people who go there. The current Privatisation Act says that no concession may be extended without specifically applying for a related tender. They were empowered to raise taxes, grant mineral and land concessions and issue currency. There are now hundreds of logging concessions in the region. The last solution consists of the concession of exclusive property rights to new knowledge creators. Several local governments started issuing forest concession licenses since the implementation of regional autonomy last year as part of efforts to boost their revenues. Synonyms right, privilege, favour 3.1 A commercial operation within the premises of a larger concern, typically selling refreshments. operates the concessions at the stadium as modifier public restrooms and concession stands Example sentencesExamples It said that, under a consortium name of Tirta Ciparen Permai, its total investment during the 25 year concession would amount to over 250 million euros. The character, Colin, works in the Blackpool branch of Time, which is a concession within the Office World store. A free shuttle circulates around the race track, stopping at all of the concession stands and souvenir shops. Because his family had a key to the arena as the operators of the concessions stand, Hamhuis on some nights would drill pucks around the old hangar until 3 in the morning. The stores being shut seem to be the high overhead stand alone outlets, with Time's concessions within Powerhouse being OK. It has 136 stand-alone stores, and four concessions within Scottish Power outlets. Turf Catering also operates the concession stands at Keeneland Race Course Sneakers operates the two sports-theme restaurants in Jacksonville as well as concession stands at Alltel Stadium. Worldwide, they are in the process of either acquiring resources, concessions or companies that control these resources and concessions. The Galaxy hope to make the bulk of their money through greater control of concessions and parking revenue and its 43 luxury suites. At the current arena the Rockets play, Alexander has no control over the concessions and receives no money from the sale of hot dogs and other items. Debenhams does not have any of the concessions within the store which Allders has. Gymboree has three outlets in Dublin, including one on Grafton Street, one in the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and a concession in the Arnotts department store. You control the food concessions, T-shirt and skateboard shops, and the prices of food and merchandise within. In addition to these store closures, the eight remaining Time concessions within Office World stores will shut in September. Another factor, though, is the fact that the Musee is a privately held concession, not a non-profit. Income generated by taxes, takeoff and landing fees, and concessions will likely be far below last year's $511 million. The Airport Authority envisages a 10-year concession for the 12 hectare site, which is earmarked for a business centre in the long-term. Exum Mountain Guides is a private corporation that holds the longest unbroken climbing concession in any American national park. Time currently runs 60 concessions within Powerhouse stores but plans to quit them all. Synonyms store, retail store, outlet, retail outlet, reseller, cash and carry 3.2Canadian A piece of land into which surveyed land is divided, itself further divided into lots. Example sentencesExamples The "seigneur" granted parcels of land (concessions) on his seigneury to tenants called "censitaires." Lines and Concessions created blocks of 1000 acres each, which divided into five settler lots each of 200 acres, though at the fourth concession the irregular Lake front created lots of various sizes. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin concessio(n-), from the verb concedere (see concede).
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