Franchise

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A privilege or right officially granted a person or a group by a government, especially:
  • n. The constitutional or statutory right to vote.
  • n. The establishment of a corporation's existence.
  • n. The granting of certain rights and powers to a corporation.
  • n. Legal immunity from servitude, certain burdens, or other restrictions.
  • n. Authorization granted to someone to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a certain area.
  • n. A business or group of businesses established or operated under such authorization.
  • n. A brand name under which a series of products is released.
  • n. The territory or limits within which immunity, a privilege, or a right may be exercised.
  • n. A professional sports team.
  • v. To grant a franchise to.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.
  • n. An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.
  • n. The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.
  • n. A business operating under such authorization.
  • n. A legal exemption from jurisdiction.
  • n. The membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.
  • n. The right to vote at a public election.
  • n. The collection of organizations in the history of a sports team; the tradition of a sports team as an entity, extending beyond the contemporary organization.
  • n. The positive influence on the buying behavior of customers exerted by the reputation of a company or a brand.
  • n. The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular universe, including literary, film, or television series from various sources.
  • n. Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
  • v. To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
  • v. To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
  • n. A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an immunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.
  • n. The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
  • n. Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
  • v. To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Liberty; freedom from constraint or subjection; independence; enfranchisement.
  • n. A privilege arising from the grant of a sovereign or government, or from prescription, which presupposes a grant; a privilege of a public nature conferred on individuals by grant from government: as, a corporate franchise (the right to be and act as a corporation).
  • n. Specifically, the privilege of voting at public elections; the right of suffrage: distinctively called the elective franchise.
  • n. The district or jurisdiction to which a particular individual or corporate privilege extends; the limits of an immunity.
  • n. An asylum or sanctuary where persons are secure from arrest.
  • n. Nobility of spirit; generosity; highmindedness; magnanimity; liberality.
  • To make free; enfranchise.
  • n. A privilege or grant extended by a municipal corporation to a private corporation or person, as the right to maintain a street-railway, to use streets for water- or gas-mains, etc.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
  • v. grant a franchise to
  • n. an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
  • n. a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
    • Verb Form
    franchised    franchisees    franchises    franchising   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    certify    licence    license    concession    grant   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    freedom    liberty    magnanimity    generosity    liberality   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    disenfranchise    enfranchise   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    suffrage    self-government    privilege    license    monopoly   
     
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