franchise
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
hobbies
lifestyle
marketing
sports
Etymology: From Middle English franchise, fraunchise, from Old French franchise (“freedom”), a derivative of franc (“free”). More at frank.
Inflected forms:
form: franchises
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: franchises
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: franchising
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: franchised
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: franchised
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: a. 1872, William H. Seward, debate
Election by universal suffrage, as modified by the Constitution, is the one crowning franchise of the American people.
gloss: An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: McDonald’s has exported its franchise.
gloss: A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A legal exemption from jurisdiction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Churches and monasteries in Spain are franchises for criminals.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The Whalers' home city of Hartford was one of many for the franchise.
He devoted almost his full cricket career to playing county cricket for seven franchises until he earned a maiden callup at 35.
gloss: The positive influence on the buying behavior of customers exerted by the reputation of a company or a brand.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Once a brand has established a consumer franchise and a brand image, it takes a long time for these to decay, as the image is maintained more by people's personal familiarity with and usage of the brand than by external marketing stimuli.
Warren Buffett teaches us that the best business to own, the one with the best long-term prospects is a franchise - one that sells a product or service that is needed or desired, has no close substitute, and yields profits that are unregulated.
Certain other industries have no plant. Value derives entirely from brand franchise. (Consulting firms, engineering firms, and advertising agencies do not talk about the value of their franchise. Instead, they talk about "reputation".)
gloss: The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular fictional universe, including literary, film, or television series from various sources, generally when all authorized by a copyright holder or similar authority.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the Star Wars franchise
gloss: Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Ye[…]the love of ladies foule defame;
To whom the world this franchise ever yeelded,
That of their loves choise they might freedom clame.
gloss: Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: In a Commons Written Reply to Shadow Rail Minister Tan Dhesi, regarding any assessment of the impact on open access operators by the decision to move away from franchising […], Heaton-Harris highlighted that non-franchised operators run trains without a contractual relationship with Government.
gloss: To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.
pos: verb
tags: rare
transitive
gloss: To give to others the rights to sell or distribute (goods or services).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The ad originators are planning to franchise the campaign to gay groups all across the country.
This winter, there is a diverse buffet of movies for you to choose from. Most people order the widely franchised cheeseburger because of its biggie-sized portion, its reliably adequate flavor, and its bright, attractive packaging. Don’t get me wrong; on opening day, I’ll be sitting in the front row savoring the cheeseburgery deliciousness of “Quantum of Solace” and “Twilight.” But after the initial cinematic hunger subsides, the diner, like myself, who craves a heartier meal, will take a second trip through the buffet line and search for a meal with a more complex flavor and memorable substance.
Derived words: disfranchise
effranchise
franchisal
franchisee
franchise player
franchiser
franchise records
franchisor
microfranchise
nonfranchise
subfranchise
franchisability
franchisable
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