concession (noun)

  • 51paromology — noun A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen ones own argument. Syn: paromologia …

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  • 52acknowledgment — noun a) The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. See Wikipedia article on b) The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or… …

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  • 53paromologia — noun A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen ones own argument. Syn: paromology …

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  • 54concessionist — noun A person who advocates concession …

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  • 55acknowledgement — noun a) The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. See Wikipedia article on b) The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or… …

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  • 56big top — noun a) A circus tent, especially the largest in a given circus, where the central attractions take place. As a trapeze performer, she generally worked in the big top, but due to her injury, she was stuck working concession. b) The circus; the… …

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  • 57adverbial participle — noun A participle that modifies a verb in same sentence and which is equivalent to an adverbial clause in English. Adverbial participles may denote time, condition, cause, concession, manner, means, purpose, or attendant circumstance. Adverbial… …

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  • 58concessionaire — noun /kənˌsɛʃəˈnɛr/ one who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business From 1830 to 1871 there were public gaming tables in Heligoland, and the Concessionaire paid such a high price for… …

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  • 59Katanga — noun a) A region in southeastern Congo, originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession b) Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony… …

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  • 60monopoly — noun /məˈnɒpəˌli,məˈnɑpəˌli/ a) A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful… …

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