franchise

1. a. Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty. Source: opted

2. a. 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, esp. the right to vote. Source: opted

3. a. The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary. Source: opted

4. a. Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility. Source: opted

5. v. t. To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to. Source: opted

6. n. an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place Source: wordnet

7. n. a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area Source: wordnet

8. 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) Source: wordnet

9. v. grant a franchise to Source: wordnet

10. A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or agovernment, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption fromordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right orprivilege, esp. the right to vote.Election by universal suffrage, as modified by the Constitution, isthe one crowning franchise of the American people. W. H. Seward. Source: adambom

11. v:8/n:92 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 Source: ecdict

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