concession vs franchise

concession

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

  • 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). 

  • The act of conceding. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

franchise

noun
  • A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee. 

  • The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage, suffragette. 

  • An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership. 

  • The membership of a corporation or state; citizenship. 

  • A legal exemption from jurisdiction. 

  • The collection of organizations in the history of a sports team; the tradition of a sports team as an entity, extending beyond the contemporary organization. 

  • The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular fictional universe, including literary, film, or television series from various sources, generally when all authorized by a copyright holder or similar authority. 

  • The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary. 

  • The positive influence on the buying behavior of customers exerted by the reputation of a company or a brand. 

  • Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty. 

  • The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area. 

  • A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government. 

verb
  • To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize. 

  • To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise. 

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