Timeline for Difference between "dealer" and "concessionaire"
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| Jan 27, 2017 at 13:15 | vote | accept | Mateo Guzmán | ||
| Jan 27, 2017 at 12:43 | comment | added | stangdon | @alephzero - Yup, mostly same in the US, although the guy who owns the business is probably just called a "dealer". | |
| Jan 27, 2017 at 4:52 | comment | added | alephzero | In the UK a "dealership" or "dealer" usually refers to a business that sells new or used cars. The individual people who work there are "salesmen" or "saleswomen". | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 20:26 | comment | added | BruceWayne | US English here - I've never heard concessionaire before. Even so, I immediately would think that this person is one who runs a concession stand (like at a sports game or something)...But even then is that word never used. I'd just say "I'm buying something from the concession stand", and the person who works there would just be ...a "seller" I guess. We don't (as far as I know and have ever heard) use such a specific term colloquially. | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 19:08 | vote | accept | Mateo Guzmán | ||
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| Jan 26, 2017 at 19:04 | comment | added | WRX | @FumbleFingers I am Canadian with English as a first language. I was reading concession and seeing consignment -- a pure 'senior moment'. It does speak to how easy it is to make mistakes in English, and that is why I am leaving it there, regardless of how I feel about my error! | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 18:59 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Willow: Your English certainly isn't bad overall, so OP should simply take your "lapses" as further evidence that he really shouldn't bother trying to get his head around the subtleties of concession, commission, consignment until he's got a firmer grasp of basic English (the question text has several much more obvious problems than anything to do with using relatively uncommon words correctly). | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 18:52 | comment | added | WRX | @FumbleFingers yes, I had to fall on my sword. I did so in my answer below. Colour me embarrassed! Thanks, I forgot I'd made a comment, too. | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 18:49 | comment | added | Andrew | @stangdon I'm sure it's a word used by lawyers in certain circles. Like consignee and consignor, it's probably only used in court. | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 18:46 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Willow: My search - "sell things on concession" - did not match any book results. Are you sure you're not thinking of sell things on commission? | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 18:23 | comment | added | stangdon | @WillowRex - I think you mean on consignment, as Andrew said. A concession is a specific type of business: "a space or privilege within certain premises for a subsidiary business or service", like the popcorn stand at a fairground. | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 17:56 | comment | added | WRX | You're right that the term is not in use, though we do still sell things on concession. Don't pawn shops technically work that way? | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 17:54 | history | answered | stangdon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |