different between tribute vs concession

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuere (“to assign, allot, grant, give, bestow, etc.”), usually derived, from tribus (“tribe”). See tribe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??bju?t/

Noun

tribute (countable and uncountable, plural tributes)

1. An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
   • 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

     the passing tribute of a sigh

   1. An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator.

2. A payment made by one nation to another in submission.

3. Extortion; protection money.
4. A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
5. (mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
   • 1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining […]

     The setting of a Copper Mine upon tribute , has this difference : the Tributor is at the sole expence of digging , raising , and dressing , all the Ore that can be made merchantable

   • 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures

     Tut-work is also employed upon the lode itself, though from the advantages generally considered to arise from the tribute system […]

Synonyms

• heriot

Related terms

• tribe
• tribal
• tributary

Translations

Verb

tribute (third-person singular simple present tributes, present participle tributing, simple past and past participle tributed)

1. (transitive) To pay as tribute.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Whitlock (1654) to this entry?)

Related terms

• attribute
• contribute
• distribute

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• burtite, turbite

Latin

Participle

trib?te

1. vocative masculine singular of trib?tus

Portuguese

Verb

tribute

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of tributar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of tributar
3. first-person singular imperative of tributar
4. third-person singular imperative of tributar

Spanish

Verb

tribute

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tributar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tributar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tributar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of tributar.

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).