Meaning & use
concessionaire
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Meaning
nouncountablebusiness
A person or company that is given the right to sell goods or services in a particular place.
Grammar: Countable: a concessionaire, the concessionaire, concessionaires.
Patterns
- a concessionaire at a stadium
- the concessionaire for the event
- operate as a concessionaire
The stadium's concessionaire sells hot dogs and drinks during every game.
The city chose a new concessionaire to run the parking lots downtown.
As a concessionaire, she pays a percentage of her sales to the airport.
Word forms
| plural | concessionaires |
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Common combinations
- food concessionaire
- The food concessionaire at the fair raised prices this year.
- airport concessionaire
- The airport concessionaire operates all the shops in Terminal B.
- the concessionaire's contract
- The concessionaire's contract runs for five more years.
- a concessionaire agreement
- They signed a concessionaire agreement with the city.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
- concession noun
- The right to sell goods in a place, or something given up to end a disagreement.
Commonly confused: concessionaire or concession?
concessionaire vs concession
A concession is the right or the small shop itself; a concessionaire is the person or company that holds it.
Practice
The city granted a ten-year contract to a new ______ to run the beach cafés.
Choose one answer.
A concessionaire is the person or company that runs a concession, so it fits the blank. Concession is the right itself, concessionary is an adjective meaning related to a concession, and concessive is a grammar term.
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