franchise as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
franchise
noun
1 franchise
An authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place.
Roget 924:
due,
dueness;
right,
privilege,
prerogative,
prescription,
title,
claim,
pretension,
demand,
birthright.
immunity,
license,
liberty,
franchise;
vested interest,
vested right.
sanction,
authority,
warranty,
charter;
warrant
etc.
(permission)
760;
constitution
etc.
(law)
963;
tenure;
bond
etc.
(security)
771.
claimant,
appellant;
plaintiff
etc.
938.
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Roget 927a:
exemption,
freedom,
irresponsibility,
immunity,
liberty,
license,
release,
exoneration,
excuse,
dispensation,
absolution,
franchise,
renunciation,
discharge;
exculpation
etc.
970.
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Dutch: franchise
Polish: franchising, franczyza
2 franchise
A business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area.
synonym: dealership.
Dutch: handel, franchise
Polish: ajencja
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).
synonym: enfranchisement.
Roget 748:
freedom,
liberty,
independence;
license
etc.
(permission)
760;
facility
etc.
705.
scope,
range,
latitude,
play;
free play,
full play,
free scope,
full scope;
free stage and no favor;
swing,
full swing,
elbowroom,
margin,
rope,
wide berth;
Liberty Hall.
franchise,
denization†;
free man,
freed man,
livery man;
denizen.
autonomy,
self-government,
liberalism,
free trade;
noninterference
etc.
706;
Monroe Doctrine [U.S.].
immunity,
exemption;
emancipation
etc.
(liberation)
750;
enfranchisement,
affranchisement†.
free land,
freehold;
allodium†;
frankalmoigne [Fr.],
mortmain [Fr.].
bushwhacker;
freelance,
free thinker,
free trader;
independent.
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verb
1 franchise
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