concessional

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Definition of concessional

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of, relating to, or being a concession; concessionary.
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adj

  1. Of, relating to, or being a concession; concessionary.

noun

  1. (Australia)A resident of a nursing home who has limited means and whose accommodation is consequently partly paid for by the government.
    “Every weekend and after work she'd done the rounds of the nursing homes. All are bound by law to take a percentage of 'concessionals'. But the waiting lists! On one he's placed at seventy-five.”
  2. Synonym of concessive.
    “[…] where the subordinate clause expresses a contingency that applies to the main clause — timing and placing, conditionals, concessionals and all the other kinds of so-called adverbial clauses.”

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Etymology

From concession + -al.

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