Concession - English meaning

noun

A small alteration or movement made to achieve a desired fit, appearance, or result.

Usage examples:

I've made a few adjustments to my diet

noun

A slight change made to something to make it fit, work better, or be more suitable, or the act of making such a change

Usage examples:

A small adjustment at the right place can make a significant difference., if the colour does not ap…

noun

The amount of something that is permitted, especially within a set of regulations or for a specified purpose.

Usage examples:

Your baggage allowance

verb

Give (someone) a sum of money as an allowance.

Usage examples:

I have made up my mind to allowance him

noun

The amount of something available or needed for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

What is the recommended daily allowance of vitamin a?

noun

The action of authorizing.

Usage examples:

The raising of revenue and the authorization of spending

noun

Official permission for something to happen, or the action of giving someone official permission for something

Usage examples:

Get/acquire/obtain authorization human resources must obtain specific authorization from the execut…

noun

An agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.

Usage examples:

Eventually they reached a compromise

verb

Settle a dispute by mutual concession.

Usage examples:

In the end we compromised and deferred the issue

noun

An agreement between two sides who have different opinions, in which each side gives up something it had wanted

Usage examples:

Under the compromise, car manufacturers must use cleaner fuel but have more time to do it., his opp…

noun

A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.

Usage examples:

He always plays top tunes, and tonight was no exception

noun

Something that is not included, or the action of not including something

Usage examples:

[ c ] we don’t usually accept late applications, but since you were so sick i’ll make an exception …

noun

Someone or something that is not included in a rule, group, or list, or that does not behave in the expected way

Usage examples:

Most of these states have moderate property taxes; arizona's very high business property taxes are …

noun

Approval, support, or liking for someone or something.

Usage examples:

Training is looked upon with favour by many employers

verb

Feel or show approval or preference for.

Usage examples:

Slashing public spending is a policy that few politicians favour

noun

The support or approval of something or someone

Usage examples:

Find favour these plans are unlikely to find favour unless the cost is reduced., in favour of the c…

verb

Lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing.

Usage examples:

Those unable to meet their taxes were liable to forfeit their estates

noun

A fine or penalty for wrongdoing.

Usage examples:

The loser must pay a forfeit

adjective

Lost or surrendered as a penalty for wrongdoing.

Usage examples:

His possessions were declared forfeit

noun

An authorization granted by a government or company to an individual or group enabling them to carry out specified commercial activities, for example acting as an agent for a company's products.

Usage examples:

Toyota granted the group a franchise

verb

Grant a franchise to (an individual or group).

Usage examples:

A franchised dealer

noun

A right to sell a company’s products in a particular area using the company’s name

Usage examples:

Women in the us won the franchise in 1920.

noun

A permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade (especially in alcoholic drink).

Usage examples:

A gun licence

verb

Grant a licence to.

Usage examples:

A pub has to be licensed by the local justices

noun

The action of modifying something.

Usage examples:

The parts supplied should fit with little or no modification

noun

Something that is changed slightly, esp. to improve it or make it more acceptable or less extreme

Usage examples:

[ u ] behavior modification, [ c ] several modifications have been made in the proposals.

noun

A change to something, usually to improve it

Usage examples:

Modification of the firmware to run more programs is fairly simple., slight/minor modification the …

verb

Officially allow (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

The law permits councils to monitor any factory emitting smoke

noun

An official document giving someone authorization to do something.

Usage examples:

He is only in britain on a work permit

noun

A deep-bodied fish of the jack family, found in warm waters of the western atlantic and caribbean and caught for food and sport.

Usage examples:

He told me that there were snook and tarpon (as i already knew) and there were large bonefish and p…

noun

A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.

Usage examples:

Education is a right, not a privilege

verb

Grant a privilege or privileges to.

Usage examples:

English inheritance law privileged the eldest son

noun

A special advantage or authority possessed by a particular person or group

Usage examples:

[ c ] as a senior executive, you will enjoy certain privileges., [ c ] i had the privilege (= the h…

adjective

Morally good, justified, or acceptable.

Usage examples:

I hope we're doing the right thing

adverb

To the furthest or most complete extent or degree (used for emphasis).

Usage examples:

The car spun right off the track

noun

That which is morally correct, just, or honourable.

Usage examples:

She doesn't understand the difference between right and wrong

noun

A thing of no great value given or done as a concession to appease someone whose main concerns or demands are not being met.

Usage examples:

My agent telephones as a sop but never finds me work

verb

Soak up liquid using an absorbent substance.

Usage examples:

He used some bread to sop up the sauce

noun

Something unimportant or of little value that is offered to stop complaints or unhappiness

Usage examples:

He regarded third prize as just a sop.

noun

A document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or another body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice.

Usage examples:

Magistrates issued a warrant for his arrest

verb

Justify or necessitate (a course of action).

Usage examples:

The employees feel that industrial action is warranted

verb

To make a particular action necessary or correct, or to be a reason to do something

Usage examples:

His injury was serious enough to warrant an operation., i can see circumstances in which these type…