allowance vs concession

allowance

noun
  • Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting 

  • A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law. 

  • A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension. 

  • Acknowledgment. 

  • A child's allowance; pocket money. 

  • Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances 

  • An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose 

  • A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry. 

  • A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, differing by country. 

verb
  • To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink). 

  • To supply in a fixed and limited quantity. 

concession

noun
  • The act of conceding. 

  • A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above). 

  • A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above). 

  • A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concession stands. 

  • A preferential tax rate. 

  • A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly. 

  • An admission of defeat following an election. 

  • A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power. 

  • A person eligible for a concession price (see above). 

  • A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests. 

  • A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada. 

  • A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company. 

  • The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below) 

  • An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand. 

  • An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this. 

  • A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration. 

  • A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor. 

  • Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this. 

verb
  • To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement. 

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