Noun(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(4) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or groupby a government (especially the rights of citizenship andthe right to vote)(5) authority(6) right
Verb(1) grant a franchise to
Noun(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(4) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or groupby a government (especially the rights of citizenship andthe right to vote)(5) authority(6) right
Verb(1) grant a franchise to
(1) If it proves a success here, the lads are planning to franchise it across Europe.(2) Next month I'll expand why, as a matter of trust, we are granted a franchise .(3) As in South Africa, where universal franchise had been introduced only in 1994, Bulgaria had lived through the communist era.(4) The government plans to franchise a quarter of the bus routes in Dublin to private operators.(5) Many believe that this is an abusive relationship with our franchise as citizens, and that major issues of state should be settled by popular referendum.(6) It was in the 1970s that the system of representation through electoral franchise was introduced to Aboriginal communities.(7) u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510I could not be involved in it if we were just going to franchise it out willy-nilly,u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb she said.(8) So whether you should buy into a franchise or start a business alone depends almost entirely on your personality and resources.(9) A consortium was granted the eight-year franchise last year with subsidies totalling u00d4u00f6u00bcu251cu2551637 million over its full term.(10) It adopted a liberal programme, demanding a Bill of Rights, a qualified (but not universal) franchise , and the abolition of racial discrimination.(11) They had to launch a determined struggle to secure the right of adult franchise .(12) the election by universal franchise of a constituent assembly(13) He points out that the London mayor has powers to franchise bus services.(14) People seem to have forgotten that the right to universal franchise in South Africa was just a dream for the majority of South Africans not even ten full years ago.(15) These sovereign rights were only loaned to Parliament, which should be elected on a wide popular franchise and hold the people's rights in trust.(16) Review your assets to determine whether you have the financial wherewithal to afford the costs of operating a franchise .