"cession" meaning in English

See cession in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cession.wav Forms: cessions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʃən Etymology: From Middle French cession, from Latin cessionem, from past participle of cēdere (“to yield”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|cession}} Middle French cession, {{der|en|la|cessionem}} Latin cessionem Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cession (countable and uncountable, plural cessions)
  1. That which is ceded. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cession-en-noun-vE-aBMit
  2. That which is ceded.
    A risk, or part of one, which is transferred from one actor to another.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cession-en-noun-O82eLNQM
  3. The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (giving up of rights, property or territory): цесия (cesija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), avståelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), cesja [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-cession-en-noun-RiSTu6gH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 25 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 24 24 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 24 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 24 24 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 24 52 Disambiguation of 'giving up of rights, property or territory': 10 10 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cessation, concession, excession, precession, procession, recession, secession, succession

Inflected forms

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