appropriation vs concession

appropriation

noun
  • An act or instance of appropriating. 

  • The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature. 

  • That which is appropriated. 

  • Public funds set aside for a specific purpose. 

  • The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work. 

  • The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework. 

  • In church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish. 

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. 

How often have the words appropriation and concession occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )