concessionaire

[kuhn-sesh-uh-nair] Origin

con·ces·sion·aire

[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.
Also, con·ces·sion·er [kuhn-sesh-uh-ner] .


Origin:
1860–65; < French concessionnaire. See concession, -aire

sub·con·ces·sion·aire, noun
sub·con·ces·sion·er, noun
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So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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concessionaire, concessioner or concessionary (kənˌsɛʃəˈnɛə, kənˈsɛʃənə)
 
n
someone who holds or operates a concession
 
concessioner, concessioner or concessionary
 
n
 
concessionary, concessioner or concessionary
 
n

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concessionaire
1862, from Fr. concessionaire, from concession, from L. concessionem (see concession).
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