Franchise

Noun

 * 1) A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.
 * 2) An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.
 * 3) The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.
 * McDonalds has exported its franchise.
 * 1) A business operating under such authorization.
 * 2) A legal exemption from jurisdiction.
 * 3) The membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.
 * 4) The right to vote at a public election.
 * 5)  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.
 * The Whalers' home city of Hartford was one of many for the franchise.
 * 1)  The positive influence on the buying behavior of customers exerted by the reputation of a company or a brand.
 * 2) The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular universe, including literary, film, or television series from various sources.
 * the Star Wars franchise
 * 1)  Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
 * 1) The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular universe, including literary, film, or television series from various sources.
 * the Star Wars franchise
 * 1)  Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.

Verb

 * 1)  To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
 * 2)  To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.

Synonyms for Franchise
incorporation, suffrage, freedom, prerogative, charter, choice, voice.
 * franchisee
 * patent, monopoly, license, right, vote, privilege, liberty,

Antonyms for Franchise
deprivation, serfdom, slavery, bondage, oppression, servitude, disaffirmation.

Thesaurus
Australian ballot, Hare system, affranchise, authorize, aye, ballot, blank check, brevet, canvass, canvassing, carte blanche, casting vote, certificate, certify, charter, concession, copyright, counting heads, cumulative voting, deciding vote, diploma, diplomatic immunity, discharge, dispensation, division, empower, enable, enfranchise, enfranchisement, entitle, exception, exemption, fagot vote, favor, female suffrage, freedom, give official sanction, give power, grant, graveyard vote, hand vote, household franchise, immunity, indulgence, legalize, legislative immunity, legitimize, letters patent, liberty, license, list system, manhood suffrage, nay, no, nontransferable vote, patent, permission, plebiscite, plebiscitum, plumper, plural vote, poll, polling, preferential voting, privilege, proportional representation, proxy, ratify, record vote, referendum, release, representation, right to vote, rising vote, royal grant, sanction, say, secret ballot, show of hands, single vote, snap vote, special favor, straw vote, suffrage, suffragette, suffragettism, suffragism, suffragist, the vote, transferable vote, universal suffrage, validate, viva voce, voice, voice vote, vote, voting, voting right, warrant, woman-suffragist, write-in, write-in vote, yea, yeas and nays, yes

Etymology 1
From, from franchise:, a derivative of franc:. More at.

Etymology 2
From franchisen:, fraunchisen:, from  franchir:, from franc:. More at.

Noun

 * Finnish:, , , valtakirja
 * German: Konzession


 * Scottish Gaelic: còir


 * Finnish: toimilupa


 * Estonian: frantsiis
 * Finnish: toimilupa,, franchisingsopimus
 * German: Franchise


 * Hungarian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: còir
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:, toimiluvanhaltija


 * Finnish: poikkeuslupa


 * Finnish: osakkuus (of a corporation), (of a state)


 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Scottish Gaelic: còir


 * Finnish:

Derived terms

 * franchisal
 * franchisee
 * franchise player
 * franchiser
 * franchise records
 * franchisor

Verb

 * Finnish:

Noun

 * 1) A franchise (authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area)

Derived terms

 * franchiseantaja
 * franchiseottaja

Etymology
From, from franchise:, from franc: ( < ) + -ise: ( <  -itia:).

Noun

 * 1)  liberty, freedom
 * 2) frankness, honesty
 * 3) (in insurance) excess (UK), deductible (US)
 * 4) (business) franchise

Synonyms

 * liberté



Anagrams

 * franchies
 * frenchais