Meanings of major concession in English

March 2011 In a major concession, Labour succumbs to notion of water charges.

Your proposal for a recovery fund was a major concession to the southern countries.

They were trumpeted by the Lib Dems as a major concession by the Conservatives.

The other major concession includes continuing a network sharing agreement with Ireland's third-biggest operator, eircom subsidiary Meteor.

A major concession by the exchange was to drop plans to apply the fee to certain spread trades.

But it would mark a major concession by the government led by Shi'ites and probably upset the Kurdish community.

Salmond claimed this was a major concession ("We cannot be stopped from using the pound") undercutting George Osborne.

The UAE says it obtained a major concession from Israel to halt plans to annexe territory on the occupied West Bank.

She might not see that as much of a shift in his opinion, but in truth it was a major concession.

An Auckland Council panel has made a major concession over plans to make the wearing of lifejackets compulsory on small boats.

Protesters won a major concession late in 2019, when lawmakers agreed to hold a referendum on whether to draft a new constitution.

The decision by Republicans to back away from their demand for spending cuts was seen as a major concession, the aide said.

After his retirement in 1947, he negotiated a major concession agreement with the Liberian government that created the Liberia Company and the Liberian Registry.

In a major concession, the Maori Party says it can now live with private investors in state-owned enterprises not being bound by treaty obligations

In a major concession to Tory rebels on the Bill, he has agreed the measures will only kick in if MPs vote for them.

By that time the pubs were closed so it was too late to go, but it was a major concession on my father's part.