Basic Details
Word: Concession
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Something given or allowed, such as a lower price for certain people, or a point you give up in an argument to reach agreement.
Synonyms: discount, allowance, compromise
How to Spell Concession
Syllables: con - ces - sion
Tricky part: The s sound after con is spelt c (con-ces), and there is a double s before ion. Students often swap these and write consession.
Watch out for: consession, concesion, conscession
Memory tip: Concede gives concession: the c of concede stays, and the ss comes in just as succeed gives succession. C first, then ss.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Students get a concession on their monthly bus passes.
Example 2: As a concession, the shopkeeper let us pay the balance next week.
Example 3: Neither team would make a single concession, so the talks broke down.
Fun Fact
Concession comes from the Latin word concedere, which means to give way or to yield.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Only one word in the list is spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of that word.
1. comission 2. concession 3. permision 4. procesion
a) a line of people or vehicles moving forward as part of a ceremony
b) official agreement that lets someone do something
c) an official group of people given a particular task
d) something given or allowed, such as a reduced price or a point yielded in an argument
Show answer
d) something given or allowed, such as a reduced price or a point yielded in an argument. Concession is the only correct spelling. Comission needs a double m, and permision and procesion each need a double s.
Word Connection
Choose the word closest in meaning to concession as used in the sentence:
Senior citizens are given a concession on entry tickets at the museum.
a) penalty
b) surcharge
c) deposit
d) discount
Show answer
d) discount. Here a concession is a lower price, which is a discount.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
After hours of talks, the factory owners made one small scenocsoni to the workers.
a) confession
b) conception
c) concussion
d) concession
Show answer
d) concession. Only concession uses exactly these letters and fits a deal between two sides.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
con_e_sion
a) c, c
b) s, s
c) c, s
d) s, c
Show answer
c) c, s. Concession is con-c-e-s-sion: c first, then a double s.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which sentence uses concession correctly?
a) He is very concession today.
b) The concession was raining all night.
c) The club offers a concession to members under eighteen.
d) She concession the door quietly.
Show answer
c) The club offers a concession to members under eighteen.
2. Concession is the noun form of which verb?
a) conceal
b) concern
c) conceive
d) concede
Show answer
d) concede
