cession
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French cession, from Latin cessionem, from past participle of cēdere (“to yield”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cession (countable and uncountable, plural cessions)
- That which is ceded.
- A risk, or part of one, which is transferred from one actor to another.
- The reinsurance company accepted a 25% cession from the direct insurer.
- A risk, or part of one, which is transferred from one actor to another.
- The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.
- 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter X, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 228:
- […] 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.
Translations[edit]
giving up of rights, property or territory
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cession f (plural cessions)
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Further reading[edit]
- “cession”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
cession c
Declension[edit]
Declension of cession | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | cession | cessionen | cessioner | cessionerna |
Genitive | cessions | cessionens | cessioners | cessionernas |
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