eftergift
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Equivalent to efter (“after”) + gift (“something given”), formed from now rare verb eftergiva or, more commonly, ge efter (“give way”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]eftergift c
- concession (a partial yielding to demands or requests)
- (law) remission, renunciation, waiver
Declension
[edit]Declension of eftergift
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- eftergift in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- eftergift in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- eftergift in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- gift (1) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)