concessionary
Americanadjective
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concessionaries
plural
adjective
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Origin of concessionary
First recorded in 1720–30; concession + -ary
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Secondly, Byrne said the IFR should undertake a thorough review of concessionary ticket prices across the game to ensure that loyal fans of all ages are not priced out of their sport.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2025
The decree gives the two main private concessionary rail operators until Jan. 15 to present proposals for offering the passenger service themselves.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
Union Vice President Rich Boyer criticized the proposal at a Friday rally in Detroit as "concessionary" and the result of concerns over the electrification transition, the report added.
From Reuters ● Sep. 16, 2023
Mr. O’Brien complained that Mr. Hoffa had essentially forced a concessionary contract onto UPS workers in 2018 after union members voted down the deal.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
New Zealand Since 1984 the government has accomplished major economic restructuring, transforming New Zealand from an agrarian economy dependent on concessionary British market access to a more industrialized, free market economy that can compete globally.
From The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
But even if they do that, Wenk said, smaller concessionaries such as snowmobile and ski-rental operators will take a financial hit that they cannot offset easily.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2018
Carl gapes at Panamanian nuns and Chilean consuls, French peasant laborers and indignant Irish foremen and German concessionaries with dueling scars and high collars.
From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Sinclair Lewis
In other words, she retains only the rights of economic concessionaries.
From Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him by Joseph P. Tumulty
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