Definitions for franchise
franchise
fran·chise
Spelling: [fran-chahyz]
IPA: /ˈfræn tʃaɪz/
Franchise is a 9 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.
You can make 650 anagrams from letters in franchise (acefhinrs).
Definitions for franchise
noun
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a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government:
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the right or license granted by a company to an individual or group to market its products or services in a specific territory.
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a store, restaurant, or other business operating under such a license.
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the territory over which such a license extends.
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the right to vote:
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a privilege arising from the grant of a sovereign or government, or from prescription, which presupposes a grant.
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Sports.
the right to own or operate a professional sports team as a member of a league.
a professional sports team.
a player of great talent or popular appeal, considered vitally important to a team's success or future.
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a set of creative works and related merchandise that share a fictional world, as films, television shows, books, or games:
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a legal immunity or exemption from a particular burden, exaction, or the like.
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Obsolete. freedom, especially from imprisonment, servitude, or moral restraint.
verb (used with object)
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to grant (an individual, company, etc.) a franchise:
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enfranchise.
Origin of franchise
1250-1300; Middle English Old French, derivative of franc free. See frank1
Examples for franchise
It's an axiom, I think, that to heighten a nation's wisdom you must lower its franchise.
Another angle Robinov suggests as a possibility for Peter Parker/Spider-Man is a franchise reboot tackling Spidey as… an adult.
For exactly eighty years women were deprived of any franchise.
She had an unsuccessful go at trying to join the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills franchise.
Then, under the bold headline “Rebooting Spider-Man,” Robinov describes a broad vision for the future of the franchise.
They are thus prohibited from forming organizations to secure the franchise.
If the evolution in the status of woman does not point to the franchise it is meaningless.
The Imperial franchise and all which that guarantees is our birthright.
The NFL cares about only one thing: protecting the 32 franchise owners.
The Hunger Games franchise is already a deeply political saga, chronicling a growing rebellion against a tyrannical regime.