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the popcorn tax you pay for the privilege of watching a movie in the dark.
means overpriced food and drink sold at venues, or, in diplomacy, the ground you grudgingly give up to end a fight.
from from latin concedere, to yield or grant; theaters borrowed the political sense around the 1920s when selling snacks became the real profit engine, not ticket sales.
movie mathpopcorn margins can top 90 percent profit.
original concessionairestraveling vendors granted rights to sell at events.
studios losetheaters keep most box office, snacks fund everything.
diplomatic usepredates snack bars by centuries, in treaties.