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Concessionaire vs Concessionary - What's the difference?

concessionaire | concessionary |

As nouns the difference between concessionaire and concessionary

is that concessionaire is one who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business while concessionary is one who owns a concession or a franchise.

As an adjective concessionary is

relating to concessions or franchises.

concessionaire

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • one who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business
  • * 1920, Frederick Spencer Hamilton, The Days Before Yesterday
    • 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.

    concessionary

    English

    Noun

    (concessionaries)
  • one who owns a concession or a franchise
  • * 1890, Benjamin Harrison, State of the Union Address
    • That Government seized the Delagoa Bay Railway, which was constructed under a concession granted to an American citizen, and at the same time annulled the charter. The concessionary , who had embarked his fortune in the enterprise, having exhausted other means of redress, was compelled to invoke the protection of his Government.

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • relating to concessions or franchises
  • making concessions or compromises
  • * 1844, Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby (The New Generation)
    • I observe indeed a party in the State whose rule it is to consent to no change, until it is clamorously called for, and then instantly to yield; but those are Concessionary , not Conservative principles.