Concession may refer to:

General

Concession (contract) A concession or concession agreement is a grant of rights, land, property, or facility by a government, local authority, corporation, individual or other legal entity. Public services such as water supply may be operated as a concession. In the ...

(sometimes called a concession agreement), a contractual right to carry on a certain kind of business or activity in an area, such as to explore or develop its natural resources or to operate a "concession stand" within a venue *

Concession stand A concession stand, or refreshment stand (American English, Canadian English), snack kiosk or snack bar (British English, Irish English) is a place where patrons can purchase snacks or food at a cinema, amusement park, zoo, aquarium, circus, f ...

, a temporary or permanent booth that sells snacks or fast food, typically found in movie theaters, amusement parks, fairs, public swimming pools, or festivals *

Concessions and leases in international relations In international relations, a concession is a " synallagmatic act by which a State transfers the exercise of rights or functions proper to itself to a foreign private test which, in turn, participates in the performance of public functions and t ...

, territories in one state given to another state **

Concession (territory) An international zone is any area extraterritoriality, not fully subject to the border control policies of the state in which it is located. There are several types of international zones ranging from special economic zones and sterile zones ...

, an area within one country that is administered by another, usually ''conceded'' by a weaker country to a stronger one **

Foreign concessions in China Foreign concessions in China were a group of concessions that existed during late Imperial China and the Republic of China, which were governed and occupied by foreign powers, and are frequently associated with colonialism and imperialism. The ...

, an example of the above *

Concession (politics) In politics, a concession is the act of a losing candidate publicly yielding to a winning candidate after an election after the overall result of the vote has become clear. A concession speech is usually made after an election. United States ...

, failure to challenge or cessation of challenging, as in "conceding an election" or "conceding a game" *A step taken during

negotiation Negotiation is a dialogue between two or more parties to resolve points of difference, gain an advantage for an individual or Collective bargaining, collective, or craft outcomes to satisfy various interests. The parties aspire to agree on m ...

whereby one party offers up something of value to them in order to work towards an agreement * Concessional loan, a loan with below-market terms *

Concession road In Upper Canada, Upper and Lower Canada, concession roads were laid out by the colonial government through undeveloped Crown land#Canada, Crown land to provide access to rows of newly surveyed Land lot, lots intended for farming by new settlers. T ...

, a grid-based road system in Ontario and Quebec * Concession, a figure of speech also known as synchoresis *

Concession (contract bridge) These terms are used in contract bridge, using duplicate or rubber scoring. Some of them are also used in whist, bid whist, the obsolete game auction bridge, and other trick-taking games. This glossary supplements the Glossary of card game ter ...

, in contract bridge, a statement by a player as to the number of remaining tricks that he must lose * Concession, a discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly

Locations

Concession, Nova Scotia Concession () is a small rural residential village located in the Clare District of Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It encompasses a sprawling forested area featuring many lakes and streams. These include Belliveau Lake, Victor Lake, Spect ...

, Canada * Concession, Zimbabwe {{disambiguation, geo de:Konzession es:Concesión eo:Koncesio