franchise
Definition
- n. an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- n. a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
- n. a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
- v. grant a franchise to
Word forms
- Present participle
- franchising
- Past participle
- franchised
- Past tense
- franchised
- Third person singular
- franchises
Example sentences
n.
The coffee shop has a franchise that allows it to sell the brand's products in this area.
vt.
The government decided to franchise new voting rights to all citizens.