concession

B2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /kənˈsɛʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #16798

Meanings

1

noun
something you allow or give up to end an argument or reach agreement

Both sides made concessions to reach a deal.
2

noun
the right to run a small business in a particular place

They won the food concession at the stadium.

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Synonyms

1 noun · something you allow or give... yielding

2 noun · the right to run a small... grant

More tithe

Word family

Forms concessions

Derived forms anticoncessionconcession-contraexpectationconcession-counter-expectationconcessionaireconcessionalconcessionaryconcessionerconcessionismconcessionistnonconcessionunconcession

Related forms paromologiaparomology

Etymology

From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Doublet of concessio.

concession Middle English concessiō Latin

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# concession

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kənˈsɛʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 16798

## Meanings
1. something you allow or give up to end an argument or reach agreement
2. the right to run a small business in a particular place

## Examples
- Both sides made concessions to reach a deal.
- They won the food concession at the stadium.

## Synonyms
- tithe

## Derived Forms
- anticoncession
- concession-contraexpectation
- concession-counter-expectation
- concessionaire
- concessional
- concessionary
- concessioner
- concessionism
- concessionist
- nonconcession
- unconcession

## Related Forms
- paromologia
- paromology

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: concession
- Root: concessiō

## Etymology
From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Doublet of concessio.

## AI Etymology
concession is a noun and verb. It is from late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Doublet of concessio. Historical forms in the chain include concession (Middle English), concession (Middle French), and concessiō (Latin). Current senses include something you allow or give up to end an argument or reach agreement and the right to run a small business in a particular place. Derived forms include anticoncession, concession-contraexpectation, concession-counter-expectation, concessionaire, and concessional. Related words include paromologia and paromology.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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