concession
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4.1
- noun
- /kənˈsɛʃən/
- During the negotiation, both sides made significant concessions to reach an agreement.
- make concessions
- offer concessions
- grant concessions
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Watch on YouTubeAnd by the way, Arafat made concessions with that as well.
- And by the way, Arafat made concessions with that as well.
- To expel all foreigners from China and end the shameful concessions made to them.
- Everybody's going to have to make some form of restrictive concession.
- One is some sort of treaty, essentially concessions from Ukraine, giving Russia what it's taken and calling it a day.
- One of those concessions was to recognition of the existence of Ukrainians as a separate nation.
- And then they will start to backpedal and make concessions because people hate silence so much that they would rather give in than have this continue.
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One paper headline says Trump is ready to make significant concessions to Russia.
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To achieve this will require concessions on the part of both sides.
Academic text (1990) -
What do you make of the concession made by all the religious groups?
Fiction book (1991) -
I figured the concession was worth it if it allowed him to trust me.
Fiction book (2001) -
Every single concession came from the Palestinian side.
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But first there were concessions to be won and conditions to be agreed.
Fiction book (1990) -
Neither side can make concessions for fear that the other would take unfair advantage of them.
Academic text (1991) -
The prime weakness of this organization, however, is that it makes few concessions for human differences.
Academic text (1990) -
Venice had to make significant concessions and, like Genoa, had been exhausted by war.
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Pressed by sickness and time, Asad made further concessions in relation to water.
Academic text (2008)
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8.6
A small thing given to calm someone who is angry or unhappy
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8.2
An official act of giving up a right, claim, or thing you own
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8.2
The act of giving up a right, position, or responsibility
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4.3
An act of giving up something valuable or selling it for less than it is worth
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Etymology
Concession originally meant something 'given' from the Latin cedere 'to give way', so a concession is the thing you give up in a negotiation or argument, like a small loss to reach an agreement.