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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61 The Raiders accumulated 553 yards of total offense, the most San Diego has allowed in franchise history.
62 The acquisitions are pending transfer of franchise agreements and other regulatory approvals.
63 The Representation of the People Act 1969 extended the franchise to persons aged 18 or more on polling day.
64 With savings of ￡20,000 you could expect to finance a franchise with a start-up cost and working capital of ￡60,000.
65 The Penguins are in the midst of an eight-game road trip-the longest in franchise history.
66 The group mobilizes franchise systems' resources to help relief agencies during emergencies.
67 Only ￡7,500 of his investment was the franchise fee that goes straight to Athena.
68 Some attributed the growth to the democratization of the Poor Law franchise in 1894.
69 Possessing no ecclesiastic franchise, they expiate their grief by posting an InMemoriam notice.
70 The borough of Stamford returned two members to Parliament, the franchise being restricted to householders.
71 The franchise reform of June 1907 ensured a preponderance of landowners in the Third and Fourth Dumas.
72 A strategic alliance may take the form of an outright acquisition, minority stake, joint venture or brand franchise.
73 Such a broker examines all franchise propositions carefully to determine whether they will make good business propositions.
74 Brooks Marketing, which owns the Burke's franchise, is offering about 10 percent of its equity in return for ￡150,000.
75 The 20-year franchise has been awarded to Govia, which operates Thames Trains and Thameslink.
76 Together the two companies bid almost ￡53m to retain their 10 year broadcasting licences in last year's franchise auction.
77 She said the most frequently encountered problem in meeting the franchise specification was the experience requirement for supervising non-qualified staff.
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78 It was Mellor who salvaged something from the disastrous 1990 Broadcasting Bill, which presaged the widely-ridiculed independent television franchise round.
79 Even the best constructed franchise package can not guarantee success and some have proved to be an expensive pathway to financial disaster.
80 Relive the most glorious defeat in the history of any franchise in any sport.
81 For many hauliers the idea of obtaining additional capital by way of a franchise payment is very appealing.
82 With growing assurance it mounted pressure for constitutional democracy based upon universal, equal, secret, and direct franchise.
83 It was the exclamation point for the first 5-0 homestand in franchise history.
84 It was awarded to us by the Independent Television Commission after we submitted an unopposed bid for the franchise.
85 The changes in ownership by salvage operation between franchise rounds have already been mentioned.
86 For the franchisee this means comparing the purchase and operation of a franchise with setting up and running his own business.
87 The corporation that owns the spa is hoping to franchise this treatment nationally.
88 That was cowardice worthy of franchise forfeiture, because the Broncos were at least a competent team.
89 A lower house of parliament would be elected by a system of proportional representation on the basis of universal non-racial adult franchise.
90 So, like hundreds of others, he put his faith in a franchise.