词汇 | cession |
释义 | cession noun[ C or U ] formaluk /ˈseʃ.ən/ us /ˈseʃ.ən/ the act of allowing someone else to have or own something, especially land or property, or the land, property, etc. that is given in this way: The wars resulted in the cession of all French territories to the British. There were no major land cessions in the territories of Arizona and New Mexico. In the autumn of 1898, they proposed a large land cession to the tribe. The country's partial cession of control over its economic and social policies creates a problem for the aid agencies. The loan is secured by a cession of the life insurance policies of key staff members. Stop having or doing something abdicate abdication bandh bomb bomb out break with something butt forfeitable forgo forsake forswear give up give up the ghostidiom lay self-denying self-denyingly self-renouncing self-renunciation self-sacrifice throw Related wordcede cession | Business Englishcession noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈseʃən/us LAW an occasion when one person or country officially gives land or property to another, or the act of officially giving land or property away INSURANCE the act of passing risk from an insurance company to its reinsurer (= a company that insures an insurance company to protect it against large demands from its customers): Reinsurance cessions reduce claims and claim expenses. Examples of cessioncession As already noted, no material or monetary compensation is expected in return for the cession of the land. It is quite irreparable and it is incapable of being compensated by cession of land elsewhere or by payment of money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has nothing to do with it to say that there have been cases of cessions of territory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the word "compromise" is used, we must give up the idea that it concerns large cessions of territory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many people want independence immediately without any form of territorial cession and no negotiation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other areas there are only limited con- cessions or no concessions at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their representatives have made it clear that they regard territorial cession as unacceptable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We now know what is the limit of the con- cessions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One reason was that we were attempting to build a rule of law without any cession of individual sovereignty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps this is one of the golden con- cessions that we heard about yesterday. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the interests of peace we may well have to make con-cessions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it has been informed that its predecessors committed themselves to an agreement which may involve a certain small cession of territory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To begin with there must be a considerable cession of sovereignty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Few rulers seem to go back on the view that their signature of the cession of jurisdiction was, in all the circumstances, inevitable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He considered the cession of territory to be inevitable and thought it should be done promptly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of cession These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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