"concession" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˈsɛʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-concession.wav [Southern-England] Forms: concessions [plural]
Etymology: From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|concession}} Middle English concession, {{der|en|frm|concession}} Middle French concession, {{der|en|la|concessiō|t=a grant, permission, conceding}} Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), {{m|la|concēdō}} concēdō Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} concession (usually uncountable, plural concessions)
  1. The act of conceding. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun--Yktmhau
  2. An act of conceding
    A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (partial yielding to demands or requests): myönnytys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-K~oITdSb Disambiguation of 'partial yielding to demands or requests': 1 58 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 1 2 1
  3. An act of conceding
    Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
    (historical) A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
    Tags: historical, uncountable, usually Translations (historical: equal lot once granted to settlers): palsta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-yz4rn~cF Disambiguation of 'historical: equal lot once granted to settlers': 2 2 35 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 2 2 6 1 2 4
  4. An act of conceding
    Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
    (historical) A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power.
    Tags: historical, uncountable, usually Translations (historical: territory yielded to the administration of a foreign power): 租界 (zūjiè) (Chinese Mandarin), konsessio (Finnish), vuokra-alue (Finnish), 租界 (sokai) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-FaYc0BEd Disambiguation of 'historical: territory yielded to the administration of a foreign power': 2 2 4 32 6 4 6 6 6 6 7 3 2 3 2 3 2 4
  5. An act of conceding
    Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
    (Canada) A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
    Tags: Canada, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-SNn0mx6V Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 3 2 2 4
  6. An act of conceding
    Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose
    (chiefly US) The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)
    Tags: US, uncountable, usually Translations (premises granted to a business as a concession): alivuokrattu tila (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-LtYJBn5j Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 3 2 2 4 Disambiguation of 'premises granted to a business as a concession': 1 1 5 5 5 29 6 6 8 6 6 2 1 1 7 9 3 2
  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.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose): toimilupa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-n9K6O6k8 Categories (other): Colonialism Disambiguation of Colonialism: 2 2 2 6 3 2 11 11 11 11 11 3 4 8 3 2 3 2 3 Disambiguation of 'right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose': 0 0 12 12 12 12 35 3 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
  8. An act of conceding
    A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
    (chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company.
    Tags: US, uncountable, usually Translations (right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company): franchising-oikeus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-VHWDfmdQ Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Colonialism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 3 2 2 4 Disambiguation of Colonialism: 2 2 2 6 3 2 11 11 11 11 11 3 4 8 3 2 3 2 3 Disambiguation of 'right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company': 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 59 15 3 3 1 1 1 1 4 1 1
  9. An act of conceding
    A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
    (chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concession stands.
    Tags: US, uncountable, usually Synonyms (a smaller business operating under another's aegis): franchise Translations (right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises): oikeus alivuokrata (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-GSqHN51A Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Colonialism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 3 2 2 4 Disambiguation of Colonialism: 2 2 2 6 3 2 11 11 11 11 11 3 4 8 3 2 3 2 3 Disambiguation of "a smaller business operating under another's aegis": 1 1 4 3 2 7 7 7 20 7 7 11 2 3 4 9 3 2 Disambiguation of "right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises": 1 1 2 2 2 6 5 18 39 5 5 4 1 1 2 4 3 1
  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.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (preferential tax rate): alennettu verokanta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-F6Kvpl7d Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Colonialism Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 3 4 4 8 9 3 6 6 17 6 7 3 5 4 2 3 4 3 Disambiguation of Colonialism: 2 2 2 6 3 2 11 11 11 11 11 3 4 8 3 2 3 2 3 Disambiguation of 'preferential tax rate': 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 67 1 9 1 1 4 0 1 1
  11. An act of conceding
    A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
    (chiefly UK) A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly.
    Tags: UK, uncountable, usually Translations (discounted price offered to certain classes of people): alennus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-vYj~xX7g Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Colonialism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 3 2 2 4 Disambiguation of Colonialism: 2 2 2 6 3 2 11 11 11 11 11 3 4 8 3 2 3 2 3 Disambiguation of 'discounted price offered to certain classes of people': 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 41 3 2 2 2 1 1 4
  12. An act of conceding
    (rhetoric) 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.
    Tags: rhetoric, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Rhetoric Synonyms: concessio Translations (rhetoric: strategic admission of the validity of an opponent's point): konsessio (Finnish), hyväksyntä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-oTpMJr4j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 3 2 2 4 Disambiguation of "rhetoric: strategic admission of the validity of an opponent's point": 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 39 21 12 1 1 2 7
  13. An act of conceding
    (by extension) Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.
    Tags: broadly, uncountable, usually Translations (any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this): զիջում (ziǰum) (Armenian), отстъпка (otstǎpka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), myöntäminen (Finnish), hyväksyntä (Finnish), concession [masculine] (French), Eingeständnis [neuter] (German), concessum [neuter] (Latin), concessão [feminine] (Portuguese), concesie [feminine] (Romanian), усту́пка (ustúpka) [feminine] (Russian), eftergift [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-k7PTsE-y Disambiguation of 'any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this': 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 29 37 6 2 1 2 3
  14. An act of conceding
    (originally US) An admission of defeat following an election.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (admission of defeat): 讓步 (Chinese Mandarin), 让步 (ràngbù) (Chinese Mandarin), ústupek [masculine] (Czech), (tappion) tunnustaminen (Finnish), Einräumen [neuter] (German), Zugeständnis [neuter] (German), εκχώρηση (ekchórisi) [feminine] (Greek), παραχώρηση (parachórisi) [feminine] (Greek), koncesja [feminine] (Polish), concessão [feminine] (Portuguese), încuviințare [feminine] (Romanian), призна́ние (priznánije) [neuter] (Russian), concesión [feminine] (Spanish), medgivande [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-XoYklqub Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 3 2 2 4 Disambiguation of 'admission of defeat': 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 11 11 50 2 1 2 4
  15. A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (gift or act made as a token of respect or to curry favor): lahja (english: gift) (Finnish), palvelus (english: act) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-pSQs4FG8 Disambiguation of 'gift or act made as a token of respect or to curry favor': 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 3 4 3 3 47 1 1 1
  16. (chiefly US) A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above). Tags: US, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-Dyhq2cuU Categories (other): American English
  17. (chiefly US, usually in the plural) An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand. Tags: US, plural-normally, uncountable, usually Translations (item sold within a concession or from a concessions stand): franchise-tuote (english: within concession) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-ivYpdZK8 Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'item sold within a concession or from a concessions stand': 1 1 2 2 6 3 4 4 4 4 5 3 2 2 3 3 46 5
  18. (chiefly UK) A person eligible for a concession price (see above). Tags: UK, uncountable, usually Translations (person eligible for a concession price): alennukseen oikeutettu (henkilö) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-concession-en-noun-PiL1UGFd Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'person eligible for a concession price': 0 0 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 5 2 0 1 2 3 5 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (granting a request): tithe [obsolete] Derived forms: concessionaire, concessional, concessionary, concession-contraexpectation, concession-counter-expectation, concessioner, concessionist, concession road, concession speech, concession stand Related terms: paromologia, paromology Translations (act of conceding): զիջում (ziǰum) (Armenian), myönnytys (Finnish), myöntäminen (Finnish), hyväksyntä (Finnish), periksi antaminen (Finnish) Translations (grant of land for a specified purpose): концесия (koncesija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), maan luovutus (Finnish), gewährtes Grundstück [neuter] (German), παραχώρηση (parachórisi) [feminine] (Greek), konsesi (Indonesian), 租界 (sokai) (Japanese), konsesi (Malay), concessão [feminine] (Portuguese), concesiune [feminine] (Romanian), teren concesionat [neuter] (Romanian), концессия (koncessija) [feminine] (Russian), koncession [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (privilege to conduct business): toimilupa (Finnish), 利権 (riken) (Japanese)
Disambiguation of 'granting a request': 2 9 4 4 7 4 8 9 9 8 9 5 4 3 6 3 4 4 Disambiguation of 'act of conceding': 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'grant of land for a specified purpose': 1 1 16 16 16 16 13 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 4 0 2 0 Disambiguation of 'privilege to conduct business': 0 0 1 1 1 2 17 17 17 17 17 1 1 1 1 4 1 0

Verb

IPA: /kənˈsɛʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-concession.wav [Southern-England] Forms: concessions [present, singular, third-person], concessioning [participle, present], concessioned [participle, past], concessioned [past]
Etymology: From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|concession}} Middle English concession, {{der|en|frm|concession}} Middle French concession, {{der|en|la|concessiō|t=a grant, permission, conceding}} Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), {{m|la|concēdō}} concēdō Head templates: {{en-verb}} concession (third-person singular simple present concessions, present participle concessioning, simple past and past participle concessioned)
  1. To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.
    Sense id: en-concession-en-verb-e1fryZti

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          "ref": "2000 December 13, Al Gore, Concession Speech",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 11 11 50 2 1 2 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "admission of defeat",
          "word": "讓步"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 11 11 50 2 1 2 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ràngbù",
          "sense": "admission of defeat",
          "word": "让步"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 11 11 50 2 1 2 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "admission of defeat",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ústupek"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 11 11 50 2 1 2 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "admission of defeat",
          "word": "(tappion) tunnustaminen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 11 11 50 2 1 2 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "admission of defeat",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 11 11 50 2 1 2 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "admission of defeat",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Zugeständnis"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 11 11 50 2 1 2 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ekchórisi",
          "sense": "admission of defeat",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 11 11 50 2 1 2 4",
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          "sense": "admission of defeat",
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          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 11 11 50 2 1 2 4",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "admission of defeat",
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          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 11 11 50 2 1 2 4",
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          "sense": "admission of defeat",
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          "sense": "admission of defeat",
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          "_dis1": "3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 3 4 3 3 47 1 1 1",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "koncesija",
      "sense": "grant of land for a specified purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "концесия"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "grant of land for a specified purpose",
      "word": "maan luovutus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grant of land for a specified purpose",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gewährtes Grundstück"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parachórisi",
      "sense": "grant of land for a specified purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παραχώρηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "grant of land for a specified purpose",
      "word": "konsesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sokai",
      "sense": "grant of land for a specified purpose",
      "word": "租界"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "grant of land for a specified purpose",
      "word": "konsesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "grant of land for a specified purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "concessão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "grant of land for a specified purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "concesiune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "grant of land for a specified purpose",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "teren concesionat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koncessija",
      "sense": "grant of land for a specified purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "концессия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "grant of land for a specified purpose",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "koncession"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "historical: equal lot once granted to settlers",
      "word": "palsta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zūjiè",
      "sense": "historical: territory yielded to the administration of a foreign power",
      "word": "租界"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "historical: territory yielded to the administration of a foreign power",
      "word": "konsessio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "historical: territory yielded to the administration of a foreign power",
      "word": "vuokra-alue"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sokai",
      "sense": "historical: territory yielded to the administration of a foreign power",
      "word": "租界"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "premises granted to a business as a concession",
      "word": "alivuokrattu tila"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "privilege to conduct business",
      "word": "toimilupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "riken",
      "sense": "privilege to conduct business",
      "word": "利権"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose",
      "word": "toimilupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company",
      "word": "franchising-oikeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises",
      "word": "oikeus alivuokrata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "preferential tax rate",
      "word": "alennettu verokanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "discounted price offered to certain classes of people",
      "word": "alennus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rhetoric: strategic admission of the validity of an opponent's point",
      "word": "konsessio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rhetoric: strategic admission of the validity of an opponent's point",
      "word": "hyväksyntä"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ziǰum",
      "sense": "any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this",
      "word": "զիջում"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otstǎpka",
      "sense": "any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отстъпка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this",
      "word": "myöntäminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this",
      "word": "hyväksyntä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "concession"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Eingeständnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "concessum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "concessão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "concesie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ustúpka",
      "sense": "any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "усту́пка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any admission of the validity of a point; instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "eftergift"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "admission of defeat",
      "word": "讓步"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ràngbù",
      "sense": "admission of defeat",
      "word": "让步"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "admission of defeat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ústupek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "admission of defeat",
      "word": "(tappion) tunnustaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "admission of defeat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Einräumen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "admission of defeat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zugeständnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekchórisi",
      "sense": "admission of defeat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εκχώρηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parachórisi",
      "sense": "admission of defeat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παραχώρηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "admission of defeat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "koncesja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "admission of defeat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "concessão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "admission of defeat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "încuviințare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priznánije",
      "sense": "admission of defeat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "призна́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "admission of defeat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "concesión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "admission of defeat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "medgivande"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "gift",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gift or act made as a token of respect or to curry favor",
      "word": "lahja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "act",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gift or act made as a token of respect or to curry favor",
      "word": "palvelus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "within concession",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "item sold within a concession or from a concessions stand",
      "word": "franchise-tuote"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person eligible for a concession price",
      "word": "alennukseen oikeutettu (henkilö)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "concession"
}

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      "form": "concessions",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "concessioning",
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        "present"
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      "form": "concessioned",
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          "ref": "2000, Private Solutions for Infrastructure: Opportunities for Vietnam, World Bank Publications, page 82",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, International Monetary Fund, Kenya: Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report - 2003/2004, International Monetary Fund, page 24",
          "text": "[A] consultant was contracted for one year to prepare the legal and administrative framework for concessioning selected roads to the private sector and is expected to complete the framework in July 2005.",
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        }
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        "To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement."
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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  "word": "concession"
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