Concessionaire

Quick meaning: Concessionaire is a noun meaning One who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business.

Meaning

One who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business.

More Meanings

1. Someone who runs a concessions stand typically selling food and drinks.

Example Sentences

And then came others, possessing weaponry and a sophisticated support before which tribes in dense jungles had no recourse: European concessionaires and feckless traders, brutish exploiters and enslavers.

1920, Frederick Spencer Hamilton, The Days Before Yesterday From 1830 to 1871 there were public gaming-tables in Heligoland, and the Concessionaire paid such a high price for his permit that the colonial finances were in the most flourishing condition.

Word Forms

• concessionaires

Synonyms for concessionaire

Depending on context, synonyms include concessionary, concessioner.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include concessioner, concession, grantee, lessee, distributor, licensee.

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