Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1300-1400
Language: French
Origin: Latin cessio, from cedere; CEDE

cession

 noun
     
ces‧sion [uncountable and countable]
SCL the act of giving up land, property, or rights, especially to another country after a war, or something that is given up in this way [↪ cede]:
Spanish cession of the territory in 1818
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary