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concede
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concede
v.
admit; yield, give up
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Concession
Concession may refer to:
- Concession (contract) (sometimes called a concession agreement): a contractual right to carry on a certain kind of business or activity in an area, such as to explore or develop its natural resources or to operate a "concession stand" within a venue.
- Concession stand: A temporary or permanent booth that sells junk food, snack foods, or fast food, typically found in Movie Theaters, Amusement Parks, Fairs, Public Pools, or Festivals.
- Concession (territory): an area within one country that is administered by another, usually conceded by a weaker country to a stronger one.
- Concession (politics): failure to challenge or cessation of challenging, as in "conceding an election" or "conceding a game".
- Concessional loan, a loan with below-market terms.
- Concession road: a grid-based road system in Ontario and Quebec.
- Concession: a figure of speech also known as , or a discourse relation defined in discourse analysis frameworks such as RST or DRT.
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concede
Verb
1. admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"
(synonym) profess, confess
(hypernym) admit, acknowledge
2. be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"
(synonym) yield, grant
(hypernym) agree, hold, concur, concord
(hyponym) forgive
(derivation) concession, conceding, yielding
3. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
(synonym) yield, cede, grant
(hypernym) give
(derivation) concession, conceding, yielding
4. acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"
(hypernym) surrender, give up
(derivation) concession, conceding, yielding
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concéder
v.
concede, grant, admit
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concedere
v.
grant, allow, concede, bestow, confer, admit, accord; yield
