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concessionaire

US/kənˌsɛʃəˈnɛɹ/

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

Noun

concessionaire (plural concessionaires)

  1. One who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business.
    • 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.1920, Frederick Spencer Hamilton, The Days Before Yesterday
    • 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.2009 March 30, Edward Rothstein, “Casting a Sliver of Light on the Heart of Darkness”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2020
  2. Someone who runs a concessions stand typically selling food and drinks.

concessionaire meaning in Tamil

concessionaire in Tamil

விட்டுக் கொடுத்தல், விட்டுக்கொடுப்பு, சலுகை, கொடைப்பொருள், பொருளுதவி, சலுகை உரிமைக் கொடை

Synonyms of concessionaire

Forms of concessionaire

pluralconcessionaires

Origin of concessionaire

Borrowed from French concessionnaire.

Questions about concessionaire

What does concessionaire mean?
Concessionaire means one who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business.
What is concessionaire in Tamil?
Concessionaire in Tamil is விட்டுக் கொடுத்தல், விட்டுக்கொடுப்பு, சலுகை. See Concessionaire meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is concessionaire?
Concessionaire is a noun.
How do you pronounce concessionaire?
Concessionaire is pronounced /kənˌsɛʃəˈnɛɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of concessionaire?
The plural of concessionaire is concessionaires.

Words near concessionaire in the dictionary

  1. concession roads
  2. concession stand
  3. concession stands
  4. concession-contraexpectation
  5. concession-counter-expectation
  6. concessionaire
  7. concessionaires
  8. concessional
  9. concessionalities
  10. concessionality
  11. concessionals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: concessionaire (page history and authors); concessionaire (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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