concession (noun)
41climb-down — noun a retraction of a previously held position • Syn: ↑withdrawal, ↑backdown • Derivationally related forms: ↑back down (for: ↑backdown), ↑withdraw (for: ↑ …
42convention — noun 1 way sth is done ADJECTIVE ▪ accepted, established, long standing, old, traditional, well established ▪ It s an established convention that the part is played by a woman. ▪ …
43compromise — noun 1》 an agreement that is reached by each side making concessions. ↘an intermediate state between conflicting alternatives. 2》 the expedient acceptance of standards that are lower than is desirable. verb 1》 settle a dispute by mutual… …
44concessioner — noun someone who holds or operates a concession • Syn: ↑concessionaire • Hypernyms: ↑small businessman * * * sh(ə)nə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: by alteration …
45rental library — noun : a commercially operated library (as in a store) that lends books at a usually fixed charge per book per day a drug store with a rental library serviced by a concession company called also lending library * * * rental library noun (US) A… …
46cession — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin cession , cessio, from cedere to withdraw more at cede Date: 15th century a yielding to another ; concession …
47extension — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin extension , extensio, from Latin extendere Date: 15th century 1. a. the action of extending ; state of being extended b. an enlargement in scope or operation < tools are extensions of human hands >… …
48hypothesis — noun (plural hypotheses) Etymology: Greek, from hypotithenai to put under, suppose, from hypo + tithenai to put more at do Date: circa 1656 1. a. an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument b. an interpretation of a practical… …
49pitchman — noun Date: circa 1926 a man who makes a sales pitch: as a. one who sells merchandise on the streets or from a concession b. one who does radio or TV commercials …
50squeeze play — noun Date: 1905 1. a baseball play in which a runner on third base starts for home plate as the ball is being pitched and the batter attempts to bunt to give the runner a chance to score 2. the exertion of pressure in order to extort a concession …
