concession vs honor

concession

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

honor

noun
  • a token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen 

  • a privilege 

  • recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful) 

  • the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point) 

  • the state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity 

  • (courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank 

  • a cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament. 

  • a seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended 

  • the privilege of going first 

  • In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack. 

  • the right to play one's ball before one's opponent. 

verb
  • to think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of 

  • to confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone) 

  • to make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft, etc.) 

  • to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like) 

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