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S vs Concessionary - What's the difference?

s | concessionary |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun concessionary is

one who owns a concession or a franchise.

As an adjective concessionary is

relating to concessions or franchises.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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.