English to English
franchise
('fr/&/n/tS//aI/z
)
noun (n)
- an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area(noun.group)source: wordnet30
- a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)(noun.attribute)source: wordnet30
- Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- grant a franchise to(verb.social)source: wordnet30
- To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.(verb)source: webster1913