concession Význam & definícia

Význam concession v slovenčine

• 0 something that is allowed or given up, often in order to end a disagreement, or the act of allowing or giving this:

  • Both sides involved in the conflict made some concessions in yesterday's talks.

  • He stated firmly that no concessions will be made to the terrorists.

  • The former president's concession came even before all the votes had been counted.

  • a concession speech

• 1 a reduction in the usual price of something, made available to students, old people, etc.:

  • You can get travel concessions if you are under 26.

• 2 a special right to property or land

• 3 something allowed or given up, often in order to end a disagreement, or the act of allowing or giving up something:

  • [ C ] Both sides involved in the talks made concessions.

  • [ U ] a concession speech

• 4 permission to sell something, esp. in part of a store owned by someone else, or a business that sells something:

  • A lot of movie theater profits come from their candy concessions.

• 5 something that you agree to give someone or allow them to do, especially in order to end an argument or disagreement:

  • concession to sb As a concession to environmental groups, the energy giant agreed to scale down its coal plant expansion plans.

  • demand/seek concessions The administration has demanded concessions from auto workers as part of the "viability plan" it is preparing.

  • offer/make concessions We would be prepared to make concessions in order to reach an agreement.

• 6 a small business that is allowed to sell goods, food, or services on property owned by someone else, for example, inside an airport or a large store:

  • open/operate/run a concession The furniture and homeware retailer has recently opened its first concession within a garden centre.

  • Fans were stocking up on hamburgers and hotdogs at the concession stand.

  • airport/hotel/stadium concessions

• 7 official permission to carry out a particular type of business, or to own or do work on a particular piece of property or land, given by a government or company:

  • The government plans to sell a 50-year concession to operate the southeastern rail line.

  • award/grant a concession We are delighted to have been awarded the concession for the development of the airport.

  • The mining company was granted a concession agreement to mine and market diamonds.

• 8 a reduction for particular groups of people in the amount of money that has to be paid for something:

  • give/offer concessions Many railways offer fare concessions for passengers with disabilities.

  • Tax concessions will be made available to non-profit organizations.

• 9 the amount of money that an underwriter receives as payment when new shares are sold to the public for the first time:

  • Investment bankers compensate members of the selling syndicate through payment of a selling concession, which is a type of sales commission.