v
(transitive) To free from obligation, servitude or service.
n
(chiefly US) A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
n
The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
n
The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.
adj
(business) Suitable for being franchised.
n
The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage, suffragette.
n
A holder of a franchise; a person who is granted a franchise.
n
A franchisor, a company which or person who grants franchises.
n
A company which, or a person who, grants franchises.
n
(UK dialectal) Privilege; immunity; franchise; the freedom or privilege of a burgess in a corporation.
n
Obsolete spelling of franchise [The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage, suffragette.]
v
To create a franchise of a microenterprise.
n
(US, historical) A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
n
(law) The right of an individual to control the commercial use of his or her name, image, likeness, or other identifying characteristics.
v
To grant a subsidiary franchise.
n
The owner of a subfranchise.
n
Alternative form of subfranchiser [One who subfranchises.]
adj
(finance) Having an associated right for the holder to vote as an owner of business.
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