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/kənˌsɛʃəˈnɛɹ/ · noun
One who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business..
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.
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.
Use concessionaire when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Concessionaire means One who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business..
Common synonyms include concessionary, concessioner.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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