Concession
noun
Something that is allowed or given up, often to end a disagreement or conflict.
In a bid to end the strike, the company made a number of concessions to the workers.
noun
A lower price, rate, or fee for a certain group of people.
The museum offers a concession to students and senior citizens.
noun
An agreement or contract, often with a government, that allows a business to operate in a place or do a specific activity.
The company has a 10-year concession to extract oil from the region.
Often appears as...
- grant a concession
- win a concession
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Formal
Technical,Academic
noun
Something that is allowed or given up, often to end a disagreement or conflict.
In a bid to end the strike, the company made a number of concessions to the workers.
noun
A lower price, rate, or fee for a certain group of people.
The museum offers a concession to students and senior citizens.
noun
An agreement or contract, often with a government, that allows a business to operate in a place or do a specific activity.
The company has a 10-year concession to extract oil from the region.
Often appears as...
- grant a concession
- win a concession
Usage tips
Formal
Technical,Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Resolution
Used to describe a compromise in arguments or negotiations.
Both parties reached a concession to avoid further dispute.
Pro Tip 2/3Admission of Flexibility
Shows willingness to adapt or change one's position in a discussion.
He made several concessions during the debate.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Dynamics
The person making a concession is often in a less dominant position.
The union's persistence forced the employer to make concessions.
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Resolution
Used to describe a compromise in arguments or negotiations.
Both parties reached a concession to avoid further dispute.
Pro Tip 2/3Admission of Flexibility
Shows willingness to adapt or change one's position in a discussion.
He made several concessions during the debate.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Dynamics
The person making a concession is often in a less dominant position.
The union's persistence forced the employer to make concessions.
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Resolution
Used to describe a compromise in arguments or negotiations.
Both parties reached a concession to avoid further dispute.
Pro Tip 2/3Admission of Flexibility
Shows willingness to adapt or change one's position in a discussion.
He made several concessions during the debate.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Dynamics
The person making a concession is often in a less dominant position.
The union's persistence forced the employer to make concessions.
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Creating living...
can look at many of our cities today and we understand that they're built in opposition to the landscapes they occupy we make concessions for the environment but we rarely create behaviors that are in tune with the plants and animal species within those environments it is possible though for us to begin building
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Chinaka Hodge: What will...
This year, we were women, not brides or trinkets, not an off-brand gender, not a concession, but women. Instruct your babies. Remind them that the year has passed to be docile or small. Some of us said for the first time that we were women, took this oath of solidarity seriously.
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Bunker Roy: Learning...
I said, "I'll make a concession. I'll take the husbands along as well." So I took the husbands along. Of course, the women were much more intelligent than the men. In six months, how do we train these women? Sign language. You don't choose the written word.
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What if a US presidential...
Moreover, that concession speech helps the tens of millions of people who voted for that person to accept the outcome. Acknowledge the winner, however begrudgingly, and then just get up the next morning, go to work, go to school, maybe disappointed
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Borneo: Paradise Under...
of the places we worked unfortunately so for example one of our drivers said that well they know where I live so they can't be seen with you so we had to jump out of the cars and walk into the night or into the logging concessions and then
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Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
chasing wolf but but you wouldn't chase wolf so long you know and then we compensated his gun so again people from this underground concession brought to canadian hunters sea hunters and then they showed one argali there
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Learning from a barefoot...
done for the first time and we picked three women and said we want to take them to India they said impossible they don't even go out of the room then you want to take them to India I said I'll make a concession I think
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How the worst moments in...
I understood her to be saying that concessions confer only a little humanity where full humanity is due; that crumbs are not the same as a place at the table. Which is to say, you can forge meaning and build identity
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Extremely Rare White...
see this white line pop out of nowhere pretty spectacular I remember for a long time because these white lines that have occurred here with Encinitas concession it's a protected area there's no hunting
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Climb Ancient Temples in...
caracol the site was lush and peaceful with none of the typical tourist amenities like a gift shop or concessions but unlike many other Mayan sites visitors are free to climb and
Video examples
Creating living...
can look at many of our cities today and we understand that they're built in opposition to the landscapes they occupy we make concessions for the environment but we rarely create behaviors that are in tune with the plants and animal species within those environments it is possible though for us to begin building
Video examples
Chinaka Hodge: What will...
This year, we were women, not brides or trinkets, not an off-brand gender, not a concession, but women. Instruct your babies. Remind them that the year has passed to be docile or small. Some of us said for the first time that we were women, took this oath of solidarity seriously.
Video examples
Bunker Roy: Learning...
I said, "I'll make a concession. I'll take the husbands along as well." So I took the husbands along. Of course, the women were much more intelligent than the men. In six months, how do we train these women? Sign language. You don't choose the written word.
Video examples
What if a US presidential...
Moreover, that concession speech helps the tens of millions of people who voted for that person to accept the outcome. Acknowledge the winner, however begrudgingly, and then just get up the next morning, go to work, go to school, maybe disappointed
Video examples
Borneo: Paradise Under...
of the places we worked unfortunately so for example one of our drivers said that well they know where I live so they can't be seen with you so we had to jump out of the cars and walk into the night or into the logging concessions and then
Video examples
Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
chasing wolf but but you wouldn't chase wolf so long you know and then we compensated his gun so again people from this underground concession brought to canadian hunters sea hunters and then they showed one argali there
Video examples
Learning from a barefoot...
done for the first time and we picked three women and said we want to take them to India they said impossible they don't even go out of the room then you want to take them to India I said I'll make a concession I think
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
I understood her to be saying that concessions confer only a little humanity where full humanity is due; that crumbs are not the same as a place at the table. Which is to say, you can forge meaning and build identity
Video examples
Extremely Rare White...
see this white line pop out of nowhere pretty spectacular I remember for a long time because these white lines that have occurred here with Encinitas concession it's a protected area there's no hunting
Video examples
Climb Ancient Temples in...
caracol the site was lush and peaceful with none of the typical tourist amenities like a gift shop or concessions but unlike many other Mayan sites visitors are free to climb and
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Kevin Hassett
American Economist
Socialized medicine allows a nation to exclude a U.S. product from its market if the U.S. firm does not make generous enough price concessions. Accordingly, what has developed is a system within which U.S. firms make large profits on new drugs in the U.S. market, but very low profits on sales everywhere else.
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Justin Simien
American Director
I know it's 'Dear White People,' and you can imprint all kinds of concessions about what the show might be about on the title, but my goal was never to, like, educate white people. My goal was always to create characters that you can relate to and fall in love with.
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Abdullah II of Jordan
Jordanian Leader
Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's?
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John McCain
American Politician
Our national political campaigns never stop. We seem convinced that majorities exist to impose their will with few concessions and that minorities exist to prevent the party in power from doing anything important. That's not how we were meant to govern.
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Jon Taffer
American Businessman
Great negotiations happen when people are relaxed, so a relaxing environment is important. A high-energy environment tenses people up. It closes them up. You're not as likely to get that concession.
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Tom Brady
American Football Player
Because my career is so important, I think I make a lot of - I wouldn't call them sacrifices, but just concessions for my job. I love what I do, and I want to do it for a long time.
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Tim Robbins
American Actor
I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman.
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Steve Nash
Canadian Athlete
I have to say I've worked very few days of my life. I used to have to cut the lawn, and when I was in junior high school, I worked at a concession stand at a stadium.
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Hanya Yanagihara
American Novelist
I think fiction writers should work. If you have a job and are not living off advances or grants, you never have to make concessions in your writing, ever.
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Gao Xingjian
Chinese Novelist
If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.
Quote examples
Kevin Hassett
American Economist
Socialized medicine allows a nation to exclude a U.S. product from its market if the U.S. firm does not make generous enough price concessions. Accordingly, what has developed is a system within which U.S. firms make large profits on new drugs in the U.S. market, but very low profits on sales everywhere else.
Quote examples
Justin Simien
American Director
I know it's 'Dear White People,' and you can imprint all kinds of concessions about what the show might be about on the title, but my goal was never to, like, educate white people. My goal was always to create characters that you can relate to and fall in love with.
Quote examples
Abdullah II of Jordan
Jordanian Leader
Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's?
Quote examples
John McCain
American Politician
Our national political campaigns never stop. We seem convinced that majorities exist to impose their will with few concessions and that minorities exist to prevent the party in power from doing anything important. That's not how we were meant to govern.
Quote examples
Jon Taffer
American Businessman
Great negotiations happen when people are relaxed, so a relaxing environment is important. A high-energy environment tenses people up. It closes them up. You're not as likely to get that concession.
Quote examples
Tom Brady
American Football Player
Because my career is so important, I think I make a lot of - I wouldn't call them sacrifices, but just concessions for my job. I love what I do, and I want to do it for a long time.
Quote examples
Tim Robbins
American Actor
I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman.
Quote examples
Steve Nash
Canadian Athlete
I have to say I've worked very few days of my life. I used to have to cut the lawn, and when I was in junior high school, I worked at a concession stand at a stadium.
Quote examples
Hanya Yanagihara
American Novelist
I think fiction writers should work. If you have a job and are not living off advances or grants, you never have to make concessions in your writing, ever.
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Gao Xingjian
Chinese Novelist
If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.
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