Synonym: dealership, enfranchisement. Similar words: ranch, branch, frankly, grandchild, rancor, entrance, tolerance, insurance. Meaning: ['fræntʃaɪz] 
n. 1. an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place 2. a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area 3. 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.
n. 1. an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place 2. a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area 3. 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. 
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1 In the reorganization, Southern Television lost their franchise.
2 After the Second World War the franchise was extended to all adults over eighteen.
3 Talk to other franchise holders and ask them what they think of the parent company.
4 Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.
5 The minimum start-up capital for a Pizza franchise is estimated at $250,000 to $315,000.
6 The beer is brewed in Britain under franchise.
7 The franchise was awarded to a French company.
8 The ITV licensee lost its franchise to Carlton TV.
9 The company has just won a television franchise.
10 The 1867 Reform Act extended the franchise to much of the male working class.
11 He had to exercise the franchise on behalf of other council members.
12 In 1918 the suffragists won the franchise for UK women over the age of 29.
13 The diving school has acquired a franchise for scuba equipment.
14 Women were not given the franchise in Britain until the twentieth century.
15 The 1918 Reform Act extended the franchise to women over 30.
16 What a pity the venture can't franchise these things.
17 Discounts vary between individual franchise holders.
18 The Body Shop expanded rapidly under the franchise system.
19 Go to a franchise fair,(www.Sentencedict.com) for example.
20 We will sell certain rail services and franchise others.
21 The London weekday franchise attracted five applicants.
22 The constitution provided broad electoral franchise.
23 But how should the existing franchise holders be treated?
24 And I might get the franchise.
25 What we need to do is franchise.
26 How about an equal opportunities policy for the franchise?
27 The franchise consists of more than 3,000 offices across the country.
28 The Seahawks have been a very ordinary franchise every since.
29 It was decided that all men in the armed forces should qualify for the franchise.
30 The Commission felt the company were overbidding and gave the franchise to their competitors instead.