as in vendors
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 concessionaires
The rent the two master concessionaires will be paying the airport is structured as percentage rent — more specifically, 10% of food sales, 12% for alcohol and 18% for any retail merchandise.
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 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
Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concessionaires
Noun
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The demand, even if lessened, will still warrant offering larger sizes, but some marquee names now want to farm out their plus-sized clothing to outside vendors instead of making their own label.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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In May, Gatlin was arrested on charges of defrauding her former employer, including fabricating fake invoices from vendors such as Jones and receiving kickbacks from them.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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Affirm, PayPal, Afterpay—everyone is targeting the same merchants and users.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Companies like Shopify and Etsy have provided guidance to help their sellers navigate this new policy.—
Rhett Buttle,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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As a result, the market has slowed down since the beginning of the year, with inventory piling up and giving buyers an opportunity to negotiate prices down with sellers.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Concessionaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concessionaires. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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