"ceding" is a correct and usable word in English.
It means to give something up, usually a claim or possession, or to relinquish control. Example: The company had to cede the rights of the patent to the inventor.
Perhaps it was always like this – take my hand, horizon – ceding this land.
In a row without ceding anything?
Mr Montebourg seemed keen on the idea that Siemens would acquire Alstom's energy assets, in turn ceding its transport operations to the French firm to create two European champions.
Rather than provoking China by arming Taiwan and patrolling the seas, it would be better to placate it, and throw it the morsel of Taiwan.But to walk away from Taiwan would in effect mean ceding to China the terms of unification.
Some politicians, including the head of the congressional committee that oversees the SEC, worry about ceding standard-setting power to the IASB.
Covered in shame The dark side Harmony and discord Rules of the road Saving grace ReprintsThe opponents included flat-tax happy Estonia, as well as Britain and Ireland, both countries with theological objections to ceding tax powers to Brussels.
One sort of grand bargain has been much discussed in Baku and Washington, but firmly rejected by Mr Kocharian: an exchange of territory that would leave the Armenians in control of Lachin, the town whose surrounding land links Karabakh with Armenia proper, while ceding Armenia's southern Meghri district to Azerbaijan.
For reasons of logistics and security, Mr bin Laden now appears to act mainly as a figurehead, ceding operational control to his chief lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian.Some terrorism experts believe that Mr Zawahiri has adopted a two-pronged offensive.
For a founding family, ceding control is always painful.
"I have no intention of ceding that authority to the executive branch," said Daniel Inouye, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.Meanwhile, Congress's own fiscal efforts have produced one damp squib after another.
Under pressure, Bill Clinton proposed ceding the base as soon as an alternative could be found in a less crowded place.
