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What is the noun for concession?

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concession
  1. The act of conceding.
  2. An act of conceding, particularly:
    1. A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
    2. Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose, particularly:
    3. A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
    4. (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.
    5. (by extension) Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.
    6. (originally US) An admission of defeat following an election.
  3. A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
  4. (chiefly US) A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
  5. (plural) An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concession stand.
  6. (chiefly Britain) A person eligible for a concession price (see above).
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “This means that when the buyer asks you to make a concession in the terms of the deal, you should always ask for a concession in return.”
      “The owner of the mining property has been granted the concession to exploit the new substance found therein.”
      “To estimate tax expenditures, one needs to determine whether a tax concession is a substitute for spending.”
concessioner
  1. One who obtains or desires to obtain a concession, as a grant of land, or a privilege or immunity of some kind; a concessionary.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The new four-mile, three-hour trip, called Canyon Vistas Mule Ride and operated by the concessioner Xanterra South Rim, departs five miles east of the historic Grand Canyon Village.”
      “Adding to the headache, the expressway concessioner failed to assess the situation at densely populated areas in Manesar and Bilashpur.”
      “To meet this need, the said concessioner is promoting construction at a fast pitch with financing from the World Bank and others.”
concessio
  1. (rhetoric) The rhetorical device of conceding or admitting something but pardoning it, as in "he may be a scoundrel, but he's our scoundrel".
concessive
  1. (grammar) A phrase or clause that acts as a concession, such as "even if" or "although".
concessionaire
  1. one who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business
  2. Examples:
    1. “The annual concession royalty is to be no less than 12 per cent of the annual income accruing to the concessionaire.”
      “The concessionaire will be entitled to toll the highway in compliance with the Roads Act.”
      “He said that no loan agreement had been signed by the selected concessionaire and creditor banks.”
concessionary
  1. one who owns a concession or a franchise
concessionism
  1. A policy of, or belief in, making concessions.
concessionist
  1. A person who advocates concession
concessor
  1. A person who concedes
conceder
  1. One who concedes.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The proposal of concession may be done by an interested investor, the conceder being obliged to draw up the feasibility study within a term of 30 days.”
concessions
  1. plural of concession
  2. A concessions stand.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “By 1815 the Junker aristocracy was back in the saddle and concessions became even more restricted.”
      “This means concessions to rangatiratanga that look like racial preference to some.”
      “There are some welcome concessions over pay for our customer service colleagues.”
concessionaires
  1. plural of concessionaire
  2. Examples:
    1. “Arnotts has drawn up a list and is talking to retailers prepared to enter as concessionaires.”
      “To remain in business Gendor started to negotiate catching agreements with outside concessionaires.”
      “No new visitor centers or highways were to be built, and no corporate concessionaires imported to feed and house sightseers.”
concessionists
  1. plural of concessionist
concessionaries
  1. plural of concessionary
concessioners
  1. plural of concessioner
concessives
  1. plural of concessive
concessors
  1. plural of concessor
conceders
  1. plural of conceder
  2. Examples:
    1. “They are the biggest corner conceders in the league away from home, allowing an average of 8.24 per game.”
      “But the concessions cannot be withdrawn until the conceders leave the political scene.”
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