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concessionary

/kənˈseʃənri/

B2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Law adjective

Granted as a favourable exception to the strict statutory position.

The concessionary treatment of relocation expenses rested on published practice rather than on statute.

Similar: preferential

Topic: Tax law in Legal English

Business adjective

Involving a reduction or concession granted to the other party.

They offered concessionary pricing for the first year to get the multi-year contract signed.

Similar: reduced, discounted

Topic: Negotiation in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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