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Definition of Franchise
1. Noun. An authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place.
2. Verb. Grant a franchise to.
Generic synonyms: Certify, Licence, License
3. Noun. A business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area.
Generic synonyms: Business, Business Concern, Business Organisation, Business Organization, Concern
Derivative terms: Dealer, Dealer
4. Noun. A statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote).
Generic synonyms: Legal Right
Specialized synonyms: Right To Vote, Suffrage, Vote
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Enfranchise
Definition of Franchise
1. n. Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
2. v. t. To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.
Definition of Franchise
1. [v -CHISED, -CHISING, -CHISES]
Medical Definition of Franchise
1. 1. Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty. 2. A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, especially. The right to vote. "Election by universal suffrage, as modified by the Constitution, is the one crowning franchise of the American people." (W. H. Seward) 3. The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary. "Churches and mobasteries in Spain are franchises for criminals." (London Encyc) 4. Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility. "Franchise in woman." Elective franchise, the privilege or right of voting in an election of public officers. Origin: F, fr. Franc, fem. Franche, free. See Frank. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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