concession

kun-SESH-unnoun

Meaning something given up or allowed in order to reach an agreement

Memory hook a CONE-cession: give a CONE to make a deal. Pip and Zoe both want the swing. Pip hands Zoe his ice cream cone, and she lets him swing first. The cone is his concession.

As a concession, the coach let the team choose the music for practice.

In context Neither side would budge until the landlord made a concession: she would fix the leaky roof if the tenants agreed to a slightly higher rent.

Similar compromise, allowance, accommodation, grant

Opposite demand

From Latin concessio, from concedere, “to give way”: con (thoroughly) + cedere (to yield).

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