concessionary

concessionary
/keuhn sesh"euh ner'ee/, adj., n., pl. concessionaries.
adj.
1. pertaining to concession; of the nature of a concession: concessionary agreements.
n.
2. a concessionaire.
[1720-30; CONCESSION + -ARY]

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