concession

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of conceding. uncountable,usually
    — Any parsone, prest or clerk, havyng any benefice... by wey of presentation, donation, concession, collation or institution.
  2. An act of conceding; A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests. uncountable,usually
    — But these concessions failed, as I believe concessions to evil always do fail.
  3. An act of conceding; Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose; A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada. historical,uncountable,usually
  4. An act of conceding; Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose; A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power. historical,uncountable,usually
    — The French Concession in Shanghai
  5. An act of conceding; Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose; A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above). Canada,uncountable,usually
  6. An act of conceding; Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose; The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below) US,uncountable,usually
  7. An act of conceding; A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:; A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration. uncountable,usually
  8. An act of conceding; A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:; A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company. US,uncountable,usually
  9. An act of conceding; A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:; A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concessions stands. US,uncountable,usually
  10. An act of conceding; A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:; A preferential tax rate. uncountable,usually
  11. An act of conceding; A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:; A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly. UK,uncountable,usually
  12. An act of conceding; An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this. rhetoric,uncountable,usually
  13. An act of conceding; Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this. broadly,uncountable,usually
  14. An act of conceding; An admission of defeat following an election. uncountable,usually
    — Just moments ago, I spoke with George W. Bush and congratulated him on becoming the 43rd president of the United States. And I promised him that I wouldn't call him back this time... tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.
  15. A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor. uncountable,usually
  16. A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above). US,uncountable,usually
  17. An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand. US,plural-normally,uncountable,usually
  18. A person eligible for a concession price (see above). UK,uncountable,usually
动词 v.
  1. To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.
    — While the process of bringing the private sector into the railroad industry in Vietnam is probably not going to be a single step, several countries have pursued the path of concessioning their rail operations in order to reduce the public fiscal burden associated with rail subsidization and to improve a deficient service.

词形变化

concessions plural concessions present,singular,third-person concessioning participle,present concessioned participle,past concessioned past

词汇关系

近义词
tithe
衍生词
anticoncession concessionaire concessional concessionary concession-contraexpectation concession-counter-expectation concessioner concessionism concessionist concession road concession speech concession stand nonconcession unconcession
相关词
paromologia paromology

词源

词源 1
From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Doublet of concessio.
词源 2
From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Doublet of concessio.
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