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cession

/ˈsɛʃən/

cession noun: that which is ceded.

Noun

cession (countable and uncountable, plural cessions)

  1. That which is ceded.
    1. 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.
  2. The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.
    • […] 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 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...

cession meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

cession in Tamil

ஆயநில அளிப்பு, விட்டுக் கொடுத்தல்

cession in Bengali

আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে ছেড়ে দেওয়া, হস্তান্তর

cession in Malayalam

വിട്ടുകൊടുക്കൽ, കീഴടങ്ങൽ, അടിയറവ്

cession in Kannada

ಸೋಲೊಪ್ಪಿಗೆ, ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಡುವಿಕೆ

Forms of cession

pluralcessions

Origin of cession

From Middle French cession, from Latin cessionem, from past participle of cēdere (“to yield”). By surface analysis, cede + -sion.

Words that rhyme with cession

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Questions about cession

What does cession mean?
Cession means that which is ceded.
What is cession in Tamil?
Cession in Tamil is ஆயநில அளிப்பு, விட்டுக் கொடுத்தல். See Cession meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cession?
Cession is a noun.
How do you pronounce cession?
Cession is pronounced /ˈsɛʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of cession?
The plural of cession is cessions.

Words near cession in the dictionary

  1. cesses
  2. cessible
  3. cessile
  4. cessing
  5. cessio bonorum
  6. cession
  7. cessionaries
  8. cessionary
  9. cessions
  10. cessment
  11. cessments

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cession (page history and authors); cession (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cession (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cession (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cession (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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