concession
What losers eventually give
A concession is something yielded or granted, often reluctantly.
In an argument, you make a concession by acknowledging a point for the other side: I'll make one concession—the data isn't perfect.
A concession can be a right or privilege granted by an authority: mining concessions, logging concessions.
In American English, a concession is also a vendor's right to sell goods at a venue—hence concession stand at stadiums and theaters.
To concede is the verb.
Intermediate position between extremes
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
- give-and-takeMutual concession between parties
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
settlement · bargaining · negotiation · mediation · arbitration · diplomacy · reconciliation · agreement
Confirmation of receipt
- admissionEntry or confession
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- yieldingBending under pressure
- capitulationComplete yielding to demands
surrender · confession · recognition · acquiescence · retreat · backdown · climbdown
Official written authorization
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- charterFounding organizational document
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- authorizationFormal permission granted
right · privilege · exemption · dispensation · allowance · entitlement · sanction · lease
Casual food counter
- vendorOne who sells goods
- kioskStandalone public booth
- boothTemporary enclosed compartment
- cartVehicle for hauling
refreshments · popcorn · nachos · hotdogs · peanuts · cotton-candy · souvenirs · merchandise
middle-ground
Intermediate position between extremes
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
- give-and-takeMutual concession between parties
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
adjustment · settlement · bargaining · negotiation · mediation · arbitration · diplomacy · reconciliation · agreement · understanding
acknowledgment
Confirmation of receipt
- admissionEntry or confession
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- yieldingBending under pressure
capitulation · surrender · confession · recognition · acquiescence · retreat · backdown · climbdown
permit
Official written authorization
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- charterFounding organizational document
- franchiseLicensed business operation
authorization · right · privilege · exemption · dispensation · allowance · entitlement · sanction · lease · contract
snack-bar
Casual food counter
cart · refreshments · popcorn · nachos · hotdogs · peanuts · cotton-candy · souvenirs · merchandise · stadium
reduction
Making something smaller
- reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, making up
- droit administratifprefect, prefecture, competence, decision, cassation
- negotiationbargaining, bargain, negotiate, mediation, compromise
- campaigningcandidate, campaign signs, canvassing, campaign manager, fundraising
- compromisecompromise, middle ground, meet halfway, give and take, give-and-take
- conflict responsesavoidance, confrontation, compromise, accommodation, aggression
concessiondenial
Refusal to accept reality
refusal · repudiation · disavowal · rejection · nonadmission
concessionresistance
Capacity to withstand force
defiance · refusal · intransigence · fighting · holding firm
concessionrefusal
Act of declining
denial · revocation · withholding · retention · withdrawal
- concession standVenue food sales point
- concession speechLoser's formal acknowledgment speech
- concession speechesDefeated candidates' farewell remarks
- stadium concessionsFood sold at games
- minimal concessionsLeast possible yielding
concessions, concessionaire, concessionary, concessionaires, concession stand