concessional
/kənsˈɛʃənəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.32 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, relating to, or being a concession; concessionary.
noun
A resident of a nursing home who has limited means and whose accommodation is consequently partly paid for by the government.
Australian usage
noun
Synonym of concessive.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[…] 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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English concession Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English concessional From concession + -al.