# concession

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈsɛʃən/ · frequency rank #13,489

## Definitions
1. The act of conceding.
2. An act of conceding
3. An act of conceding
4. An act of conceding
5. An act of conceding
6. An act of conceding
7. An act of conceding
8. An act of conceding
9. An act of conceding
10. An act of conceding
11. An act of conceding
12. An act of conceding
13. An act of conceding
14. An act of conceding
15. A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
16. A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
17. An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
18. A person eligible for a concession price (see above).

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

## Easily confused with
- **conclusion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concession-vs-conclusion)
- **conversion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concession-vs-conversion)
- **confession** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concession-vs-confession)
- **congestion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concession-vs-congestion)
- **concussion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concession-vs-concussion)
- **conception** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conception-vs-concession)

## Common misspellings (14)
`cconcession`, `cnocession`, `cocnession`, `conccession`, `concesion`, `concesison`, `concessino`, `concessionn`, `concessoin`, `concestion`, `concsesion`, `conecssion`, `conncession`, `ocncession`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/concession