different between tolerance vs concession

English

Etymology

From Middle French tolerance, from Latin tolerantia (“endurance”), from tolerans, present participle of Latin toler? (“endure”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?l???ns/

Noun

tolerance (countable and uncountable, plural tolerances)

1. (uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. [15th-19th c.]
2. (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. [from 18th c.]
3. (uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism. [from 19th c.]
4. (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. [from 20th c.]

5. (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection. [from 20th c.]

Antonyms

• intolerance

Hyponyms

• (deviation from a standard) fault tolerance

Related terms

Translations

References

• tolerance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• tolerance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tolerance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tolerance at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• coeternal, neorectal

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tol?rant?s?]

Noun

tolerance f

1. tolerance (the ability or practice of tolerating)
2. tolerance (permitted deviation from standard)

Related terms

• toleran?ní
• tolerantní
• tolerovat

Further reading

• tolerance in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• tolerance in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

English

Etymology

From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessi? (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from conc?d?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s???n/
• Hyphenation: con?ces?sion

Noun

concession (usually uncountable, plural concessions)

1. The act of conceding.
   • c. 1472, October, Rolls of Parliament, Edward IV, 2nd Roll, §8:

     Any parsone, prest or clerk, havyng any benefice... by wey of presentation, donation, concession, collation or institution.

   • 1876, James Bowling Mozley, Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford, v, 130:

     In this country... civil war has been forestalled by opportune concession.

2. An act of conceding, particularly:
   1. A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
      • 1865, John Bright, Speeches of John Bright, M.P., on the American Question, p. 174:

        But these concessions failed, as I believe concessions to evil always do fail.

   2. Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose, particularly:
      1. (historical) A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
      2. (historical) A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power.

         The French Concession in Shanghai

      3. (Canada) A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
      4. (chiefly US) The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)
   3. A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
      1. A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration.
      2. (chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company.
      3. (chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concession stands.
      4. A preferential tax rate.
      5. (chiefly Britain) A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly.
   4. (rhetoric) 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.
   5. (by extension) Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.
   6. (originally US) An admission of defeat following an election.
      • 2000 December 13, Al Gore, Concession Speech:

        Just moments ago, I spoke with George W. Bush and congratulated him on becoming the 43rd president of the United States. And I promised him that I wouldn't call him back this time... tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.

3. A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
4. (chiefly US) A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
5. (chiefly US, usually in the plural) An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
6. (chiefly Britain) A person eligible for a concession price (see above).

Synonyms

• (granting a request): tithe (obs.)
• (a smaller business operating under another's aegis): See franchise

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• paromologia
• paromology

Verb

concession (third-person singular simple present concessions, present participle concessioning, simple past and past participle concessioned)

1. To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.
   • 2000, Private Solutions for Infrastructure: Opportunities for Vietnam, World Bank Publications (?ISBN), page 82

     While the process of bringing the private sector into the railroad industry in Vietnam is probably not going to be a single step, several countries have pursued the path of concessioning their rail operations in order to reduce the public fiscal burden associated with rail subsidization and to improve a deficient service.

   • 2007, International Monetary Fund, Kenya: Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report - 2003/2004, International Monetary Fund, page 24

     [A] consultant was contracted for one year to prepare the legal and administrative framework for concessioning selected roads to the private sector and is expected to complete the framework in July 2005.

French

Etymology

From Latin concessi?.

Noun

concession f (plural concessions)

1. concession

Related terms

• concéder

Further reading

• “concession” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).