concession

Noun
Synonyms: grantconcedingyielding

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business“he got the beer concession at the ball park”Synonyms: grant
  2. the act of conceding or yieldingSynonyms: concedingyielding
  3. a point conceded or yielded“they won all the concessions they asked for”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

By mutual concession the business was adjusted.— Hallam.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

This is therefore a concession, that he doth . . . believe the Scriptures to be sufficiently plain.— Sharp.[1913 Webster]
When a lover becomes satisfied by small compliances without further pursuits, then expect to find popular assemblies content with small concessions. --Swift. [1913 Webster] Concessionaire
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