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franchise
Found in thesaurus: concession, grant, business, business concern, business organization, concern, business organisation, legal right, license, certify, licence
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franchise
v.
grant a franchise to an individual or group; grant the right to vote
n.
special privilege granted by a government; license to market a company's goods or services; business which has been granted such a license; suffrage, right to vote; immunity, exemption
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Franchise
Franchise may refer to:
- Suffrage, the civil right to vote
- Jurisdictions used to be treated as property rights, and could be referred to as franchises.
- Franchising, a business method that involves licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business, such as:
- Chain store, retail outlets which share a brand and central management
- Rail franchising in Great Britain
- Media franchise, ownership of the characters and setting of a film, video game, book, etc., particularly in North American usage
- A television franchise, a right to operate a television network.
- A cable franchise, a right to operate a cable television network.
- a clause used by insurance companies as a threshold for policy payments, as in deductible
- "Franchise" (short story), a 1955 short story by Isaac Asimov
- Dem Franchize Boyz, an American hip hop group from Atlanta
- Franchise Pictures, a film production company
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franchise
Noun
1. an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
(hypernym) concession, grant
2. a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
(synonym) dealership
(hypernym) business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
3. a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
(synonym) enfranchisement
(hypernym) legal right
(hyponym) right to vote, vote, suffrage
(classification) law, jurisprudence
Verb
1. grant a franchise to
(hypernym) license, licence, certify
(derivation) dealership
(classification) commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
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Franchise (die/das)
n.
franchise, special privilege granted by a government; license to market a company's goods or services
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franchise
nf.
frankness, openness, directness, straightforwardness; candidness, candor; outrightness
