concession
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The main concession Iran is discussing is to suspend uranium enrichment for a time.
To buy peace, executives will often make concessions in exchange for the activists’ withdrawing their proposals.
“It’s not sustainable for us to tolerate that kind of increase without some sort of concession from our customers,” said Erickson, whose company adapts and maintains parking garages, stadiums and other structures.
Studios capture much of each ticket’s revenue—especially early in a movie’s run—but concessions deliver the profits that keep theaters solvent.
The European Union approved Universal Music Group’s $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music after the companies offered concessions, ending a lengthy investigation by the bloc’s competition officials.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.