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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
concession/kənˈseʃn/
▶noun
  • 1 a thing that is conceded.

    ■ the action of conceding.

    ■ a gesture in recognition of a prevailing standard.

  • 2 a preferential allowance, rate, or price, especially for a particular category of person: tax concessions.
  • 3 the right to use land or other property for a specified purpose.

    ■ a commercial operation set up within the premises of a larger concern.
– derivatives
concessional adjective,
concessionary adjective.
– origin ME: from L. concessio(n-), from concedere (see concede).



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concession stand
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Even at its narrowest [sentence analysis: adverbial clause of concession]
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