a. and sb. [f. CONCESSION + -ARY. Cf. prec.] A. adj. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, concession.
1730–6. Bailey (folio), Concessionary, by way of Grant or Allowance.
1844. Disraeli, Coningsby, III. v. Those are Concessionary, not Conservative principles.
1885. Pall Mall G., 10 Oct., 6/2. The concessionary company.
B. sb. = CONCESSIONAIRE.
1888. Catal. Jaeger’s Woollen System, Title-p., Sole Concessionaries for Great Britain and the British Possessions.
