Usually means: Businesses licensed to replicate model.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word franchises:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. franchises: Merriam-Webster
  2. franchises: Collins English Dictionary
  3. franchises: Vocabulary.com
  4. Franchise's, Franchises, franchise's, franchises, franchises: Wordnik
  5. franchises: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. franchises: Wiktionary
  7. franchises: Dictionary.com
  8. franchises: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. franchises: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. franchises: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. franchises: Legal dictionary
  3. franchises: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. franchises: Encyclopedia

(Note: See franchise as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (franchise)

noun:  The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage.
noun:  A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.
noun:  An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.
noun:  The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.
noun:  A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee.
noun:  A legal exemption from jurisdiction.
noun:  The membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.
noun:  The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
noun:  (sports) The collection of organizations in the history of a sports team; the tradition of a sports team as an entity, extending beyond the contemporary organization.
noun:  (business, marketing) The positive influence on the buying behavior of customers exerted by the reputation of a company or a brand.
noun:  The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular fictional universe, including literary, film, or television series from various sources, generally when all authorized by a copyright holder or similar authority.
noun:  Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
noun:  (obsolete) Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
verb:  (transitive) To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
verb:  (transitive, rare) To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.
verb:  (transitive) To give to others the rights to sell or distribute (goods or services).
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