cession
English
Etymology
From Middle French cession, from Latin cessionem, from past participle of cēdere (“to yield”).
Pronunciation
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- Homophone: session
Noun
cession (countable and uncountable, plural cessions)
- 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.’
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, X:
Translations
giving up of rights, property or territory
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
cession f (plural cessions)
Related terms
Further reading
- “cession”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Noun
cession c
Declension
Declension of cession | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | cession | cessionen | cessioner | cessionerna |
Genitive | cessions | cessionens | cessioners | cessionernas |
Synonyms
See also
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