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Charter vs Concession - What's the difference?

charter | concession | Synonyms |

Charter is a synonym of concession.


As nouns the difference between charter and concession

is that charter is a document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges while concession is the act of conceding, especially that of defeat.

As verbs the difference between charter and concession

is that charter is to grant or establish a charter while concession is to grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.

As an adjective charter

is leased or hired.

charter

English

Alternative forms

* chartre (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
  • A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
  • A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
  • the temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
  • A deed (legal contract).
  • A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
  • * Shakespeare
  • My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Leased or hired.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grant or establish a charter.
  • To lease or hire something by charter.
  • See also

    * charter school

    Anagrams

    * English transitive verbs ----

    concession

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of conceding, especially that of defeat
  • something, such as an argument, that is conceded or admitted to be wrong
  • (rhetoric) Admitting a point to strengthen one's overall case.
  • the grant of some land to be used for a specified purpose
  • (chiefly, US) a contract to operate a small business as a subsidiary of a larger company, or within the premises of some institution; the business itself and the space from which it operates
  • (Canada) In Ontario, a small road between tracts of farmland.
  • Derived terms

    * concessioner

    See also

    * paromologia * paromology

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.
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