concession vs trade

concession

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

trade

noun
  • The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers. 

  • The skilled practice of a practical occupation. 

  • A particular instance of buying or selling. 

  • Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work. 

  • Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries. 

  • An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one. 

  • Buying and selling of goods and services on a market. 

  • An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another. 

  • A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries. 

  • A masculine man available for casual sex with men, often for pay. (Compare rough trade.) 

  • Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator. 

  • Refuse or rubbish from a mine. 

verb
  • To recommend and get recommendations. 

  • To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions. 

  • To engage in trade. 

  • To mutually exchange (something) (with). 

  • To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return. 

  • To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with). 

  • To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood. 

  • To give (something) in exchange (for). 

adj
  • Of a product, produced for sale in the ordinary bulk retail trade and hence of only the most basic quality. 

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