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concessionaire
[ kuhn-sesh-uh-nair ]
noun
- a person, group, or company to whom a concession has been granted, especially to operate a subsidiary business or service:
a popcorn concessionaire at a baseball park.
concessionaire
/ kənˌsɛʃəˈnɛə; kənˈsɛʃənə /
noun
- someone who holds or operates a concession
Other Words From
- subcon·cession·aire noun
- subcon·cession·er noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of concessionaire1
Example Sentences
The labor shortage has hit the food concessionaires at US airports.
It’s also the reason we were able to keep our concessionaire and have them solicit a new design-build contractor.
The private concessionaire managing the project has said it plans to have a new contractor hired by September.
Like the park hotels listed below, these are operated by an outside concessionaire.
The state took over some subcontracts after the companies’ initial contractor quit, but most work won’t resume until the concessionaire hires a new contractor.
The concessionaire and the contractor are the modern representatives of ghouls and vampires of old-world romance.
Often the concessionaire himself is chief magistrate of his kingdom by law.
In the regions of fancy Macedoine was an incomparable inspiration; in business I preferred the unimaginative concessionaire.
Jealousy of the foreign concessionaire—who flourished so markedly under the Diaz regimen—is a further element in disorder.
The stands were empty, and not a person—tourist or concessionaire—was in sight.
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