fran·chise (fr n ch z )n. 1. A privilege or right officially granted a person or a group by a government, especially: a. The constitutional or statutory right to vote. b. The establishment of a corporation's existence. c. The granting of certain rights and powers to a corporation. d. Legal immunity from servitude, certain burdens, or other restrictions. 2. a. Authorization granted to someone to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a certain area. b. A business or group of businesses established or operated under such authorization. c. A brand name under which a series of products is released. 3. The territory or limits within which immunity, a privilege, or a right may be exercised. 4. A professional sports team. tr.v. fran·chised, fran·chis·ing, fran·chis·es To grant a franchise to. [Middle English fraunchise, from Old French franchise, from franche, feminine of franc, free, exempt; see frank1.] |
franchise [ˈfræntʃaɪz]
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (usually preceded by the) the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any exemption, privilege, or right granted to an individual or group by a public authority, such as the right to use public property for a business
3. (Business / Commerce) Commerce authorization granted by a manufacturing enterprise to a distributor to market the manufacturer's products
4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the full rights of citizenship
5. (Performing Arts) Films a film that is or has the potential to be part of a series and lends itself to merchandising
6. (Business / Insurance) (in marine insurance) a sum or percentage stated in a policy, below which the insurer disclaims all liability
vb
1. (Business / Commerce) (tr) Commerce chiefly US and Canadian to grant (a person, firm, etc.) a franchise
2. an obsolete word for enfranchise
[from Old French, from franchir to set free, from franc free; see frank]
franchisement [ˈfræntʃɪzmənt] n
franchise
1. a condition of freedom.
2. a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.
See also: Freedom
2. a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | franchise - an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place concession, grant - a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" |
| 2. |  franchise - a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular areabusiness, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern - a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" | |
| 3. | franchise - a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) legal right - a right based in law right to vote, suffrage, vote - a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" | |
| Verb | 1. | franchise - grant a franchise to commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
franchise
noun
1. authorization, right, permit, licence, charter, privilege, prerogative the franchise to build and operate the tunnel
2. vote, voting rights, suffrage, enfranchisement the introduction of universal franchise
Translations
franchise [ˈfræntʃaɪz]
A. N
1. (Pol) → sufragio m
2. (Comm) → concesión f, franquicia f
B. VT (Comm) → otorgar la concesión de, franquiciar
C. CPD franchise holder N → franquiciado/a m/f, concesionario/a m/f
franchise
franchise [ˈfræntʃaɪz] n (Pol) → diritto di voto (Comm) → concessione f; (Marine Insurance) → franchigia
franchise [ˈfræntʃaɪz] n (Pol) → diritto di voto (Comm) → concessione f; (Marine Insurance) → franchigia
franchise [ˈfræntʃaɪz] n (Pol) → diritto di voto (Comm) → concessione f; (Marine Insurance) → franchigia
n franchise [ˈfrӕntʃaiz]
1 the right to vote Women did not get the franchise until the twentieth century. stemreg حَق الأنْتِخاب право на гласуване volební právo stemmeret das Wahlrecht δικαίωμα ψήφου sufragio valimisõigus حق رای äänioikeus droit de vote זְכוּת הַצבָּעָה मतदान का अधिकार izborno pravo választójog hak suara kosningaréttur diritto di voto 選挙権 선거권 balsavimo teisė balsstiesības hak mengundi stemrecht stemmerett prawo wyborcze direito de voto drept de vot право голоса volebné právo volilna pravica pravo glasa rösträtt การได้รับสิทธิในการเลือกตั้ง oy hakkı 選舉權 право голосу حق راۓ دہی quyền bầu cử 选举权
2 the exclusive right to sell or supply a certain product or service. agentskap حق مقصور على بيع وشِراء سِلْعَه معيَّنَه иключително право продажба или доставка на опредлен продукт или услуга koncese franchising; licensaftale das Franchising, die Schutzrechte αποκλειστικό δικαίωμα διάθεσης προϊόντος ή υπηρεσίας licencia, concesión, franquicia ainumüügiõigus امتیاز انحصاری yksinmyyntioikeus franchise זִיכיוֹן विशेष विक्रय अधिकार koncesija, zastupstvo franchise hak menjual atau menyediakan produk/layanan licenza 一手販売権 특권, 독점권 franšizė franšīze, komercpilnvarojums hak menjual produk monopolie van overheidswege, concessie koncesja привилегия povolenie, licencia, koncesia ekskluzivno zastopstvo licenca ensamrätt ใบอนุญาตให้ขายผลิตภัณฑ์ในนามของบริษัทนั้น imtiyaz hakkı 賦予特權 привілей کوئی چیز فروخت کرنے کے خاص حقوق sự cho phép bán hàng hoá hay dịch vụ của một công ty ở một vùng 赋予特权
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