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Ceded vs Cession - What's the difference?

ceded | cession |

As a verb ceded

is past tense of cede.

As a noun cession is

that which is ceded. Insurance: (part of) a risk which is transferred from one actor to another.

ceded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cede)
    • ----

    cede

    English

    Verb

    (ced)
  • To give up, give way, give away.
    • Edward decided to cede the province.

    Related terms

    * accede * concede * excede * exceed * intercede * precede * proceed * recede * secede * succeed * supercede, supersede ----

    cession

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is ceded. Insurance: (part of) a risk which is transferred from one actor to another.
    • The reinsurance company accepted a 25% cession from the direct insurer.
  • The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , X:
    • ‘Rashleigh, whose occasions frequently call him elsewhere, has generously made a cession of his rights in my favour; so that I now endeavour to prosecute alone the studies in which he used formerly to be my guide.’

    Anagrams

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