concessionaire

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
22
Letters
14
Pronunciation
/kənˌsɛʃəˈnɛɹ/ (US)

Definition of concessionaire

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.”
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noun

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

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Etymology

Borrowed from French concessionnaire.

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