CONCESSIONAIRE Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

concessionaire

noun

Definition of concessionaire

as in vendor

a person or business that has been given the right to sell something on property owned by someone else The stadium's concessionaires sell all sorts of food, including everything from hot dogs to sushi.

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Recent Examples of concessionaire Griffin is the daughter of Kimberly Griffin, a concessionaire at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and an avid reader of this newsletter. — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Boyer and Ross Virando, the team’s food and beverage director, then worked with Delaware North, the team’s main concessionaire, to create their own version. — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 31 July 2026 De La Paz looked online and found a seamstress role in the uniform department with Xanterra Parks & Resorts, a concessionaire that operates hotels, lodges, restaurants and other businesses in Yellowstone. — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 19 July 2026 Food and drink concessionaires, professional caterers, HOA clubhouses, golf courses, event planners — any purveyor that’s not a public restaurant, food truck, flea market stall or food hall vendor — are also excluded from the roundup. — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for concessionaire

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Noun

Under that unique arrangement between the league, team and venue, the Jaguars are responsible for game day staffing, vendors, operations, ticketing, concessions and more.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026
With the vendors already finished, a last-minute review revealed a sweat stain under Spider-Man’s arm.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of vendor

Noun

Richard Dawkins, the British evolutionary theorist and author of the groundbreaking best seller The Selfish Gene (1976), among many other books, appears to have gone a bit mad.

— James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
But their delightfully fragrant teas, conveniently sold as a bundle of two of the brand's best sellers here, could make a tea lover out of anyone.

— Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of seller

Noun

Another tricky thing about the Arizona site was that it had been severed from its links to local merchants.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
The wreckage may have come from a schooner barge, a type of merchant vessel commonly used to transport cargo along the East Coast during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Robinson said.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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