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
Since June 2, the National Park Service said the Grand Teton Lodge Company ‒ the concessionaire that operates the Jackson Lake Lodge ‒ has received eight reports involving overnight guests who may have been exposed to bats in their rooms.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
Food is everywhere at the Wilson County – Tennessee State Fair with more than 100 concessionaires, contests and extras that encourage guests to come with an appetite.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 15 Aug. 2025
Food and drink concessionaires, professional caterers, event planners — any purveyor that’s not a restaurant, food truck, flea market stall or food hall vendor — are also excluded from the roundup.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
The site is operated by a concessionaire and has restrooms and picnic tables.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
Food is everywhere at the Wilson County – Tennessee State Fair with more than 100 concessionaires, contests and extras that encourage guests to come with an appetite.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 15 Aug. 2025
Food and drink concessionaires, professional caterers, event planners — any purveyor that’s not a restaurant, food truck, flea market stall or food hall vendor — are also excluded from the roundup.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
The site is operated by a concessionaire and has restrooms and picnic tables.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concessionaire
Noun
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After a photo of Gilbert showing her inside a crate began to spread online, people reported the vendor to local law enforcement, prompting an evaluation by Warren County Animal Control.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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The families were then confronted by the unpaid vendors, sometimes on the day of the event, prosecutors said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Brands frequently encounter obstacles, including the requirement for notarized test purchases and the treatment of each infringement as a separate case, even when multiple listings from the same seller are involved.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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This imbalance between supply and demand, with sellers outnumbering buyers by more than 500,000, has helped shift many markets in favor of the latter.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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To join the program, merchants can head to OpenAI's website.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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Tang, who leads the DoorDash Labs automation and robotics unit, said Dot is a solution to increasingly complex deliveries, and attempts to open the technology to local merchants.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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Halloween is just over a month away, and Kentucky retailers are already stocked up on candy.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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The chemicals and compounds the discount retailer intends to eliminate encompasses the breadth of food manufacturing.—
Jonel Aleccia,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Concessionaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concessionaire. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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