Sentence examples similar to request for a concession from inspiring English sources

They acknowledge the request for a price concession, but defer a decision and, if pressed, offer other less costly concessions.

The American Guild of Musical Artists, which represents the Met's singers, dancers and production workers, recently refused a request for contract concessions, saying it wanted to see the company's books.

The Red Sox took advantage of his request and agreed to it in exchange for a concession from him: He would stay in camp and not join the Dominican Republic team in Orlando, Fla.

US Airways machinists had turned down the airline's original request for concessions -- a factor in US Airways' decision to seek bankruptcy.

Greece's government was making a last-minute request for a new bailout, and Europe was offering at least minor concessions.

Eclipsed by the bold tax proposals that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg outlined in his budget address this week was a request for $600 million in concessions from the city's labor unions.

You may also be able to trade a concession on a relatively symbolic issue for a concession from your counterpart on an issue you value more.

Then propose making a concession on that issue in exchange for a concession from her on an issue you value highly.

Sign up for a concession job.

Now that the White House has conceded to the request for a Presidential summit, it must find a way to convert that gesture into an equivalent concession.

It was this alleged letter, supposedly sent to Mr. Richard A. Ballinger when he was secretary of the interior, by Richard Ryan, an Alaskan railroad promoter, that was said to contain the information that prompted the president to refuse Mr. Ryan's request for Alaskan concessions until Charles Taft's influence had been invoked.