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UK
/fɹˈɑːntʃaɪz/
]
[ US /ˈfɹænˌtʃaɪz/ ]
[ US /ˈfɹænˌtʃaɪz/ ]
NOUN
- a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
- an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
VERB
- grant a franchise to
How To Use franchise In A Sentence
- A strategic alliance may take the form of an outright acquisition, minority stake, joint venture or brand franchise.
- In England the franchises enjoyed by burgesses, freemen and other consuetudinary constituencies in burghs, were dependent on the character of the burgage-tenure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
- The franchise mode has been expanded with a scouting report and a minor league system that will let hands on managers cultivate talent.
- The city gave the telco an interim revocable permit earlier this year, but officials insisted a city charter requires that the franchise be voted on by residents.
- Everyone who uses those arguments has already assumed the longterm disfranchisement and marginalization of that majority of the Palestinian people forced to live in complete exile from their homeland for, in many cases, the past 60 years ... Charlottesville Blogs
- It was not to deprive, to disenfranchise people.
- That's what Dan Kim, chief executive of Red Mango Inc., a frozen yogurt franchise in Dallas, did while trying to name the flavors of his frozen yogurt and iced tea drinks.
- The Grand Forks City Council approved a transfer of the cable franchise recently to the partnership, which remains unnamed.
- Franchise won't letcha close; it's twenty-four-seven. One Minute to Midnight
- Spectacular stunts and a great cast make this another strong instalment in the franchise. The Sun