concession vs rate

concession

noun
  • A preferential tax rate. 

  • 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 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. 

rate

noun
  • Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority. 

  • A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank. 

  • The price of (an individual) thing; cost. 

  • The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time. 

  • The relative speed of change or progress. 

  • The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another. 

  • A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc. 

  • A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time. 

  • Speed. 

verb
  • To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time. 

  • To berate, scold. 

  • To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level. 

  • To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation. 

  • To evaluate or estimate the value of. 

  • To have position (in a certain class). 

  • To deserve; to be worth. 

  • To have value or standing. 

  • To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device. 

  • To consider or regard. 

  • To like; to think highly of. 

  • To ratify. 

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