franchise
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French franchise (“freedom”), a derivative of franc (“free”). More at frank.
Noun
franchise (countable and uncountable, plural franchises)
- The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage, suffragette.
- A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.
- W. H. Seward
- Election by universal suffrage, as modified by the Constitution, is the one crowning franchise of the American people.
- W. H. Seward
- An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.
- The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.
- McDonalds has exported its franchise.
- A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee.
- A legal exemption from jurisdiction.
- The membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.
- The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
- London Encyc.
- Churches and monasteries in Spain are franchises for criminals.
- London Encyc.
- (sports) The collection of organizations in the history of a sports team; the tradition of a sports team as an entity, extending beyond the contemporary organization.
- The Whalers' home city of Hartford was one of many for the franchise.
- (business, marketing) The positive influence on the buying behavior of customers exerted by the reputation of a company or a brand.
- 2000, John Philip Jones, Behind powerful brands: from strategy to campaign, page 80:
- Once a brand has established a consumer franchise and a brand image, it takes a long time for these to decay, as the image is maintained more by people's personal familiarity with and usage of the brand than by external marketing stimuli.
- 2002, Robert G. Hagstrom, The Essential Buffett: Timeless Principles for the New Economy, page 26:
- Warren Buffett teaches us that the best business to own, the one with the best long-term prospects is a franchise - one that sells a product or service that is needed or desired, has no close substitute, and yields profits that are unregulated.
- 2007, Jack L. Treynor, Treynor on institutional investing, page 354:
- Certain other industries have no plant. Value derives entirely from brand franchise. (Consulting firms, engineering firms, and advertising agencies do not talk about the value of their franchise. Instead, they talk about "reputation".)
- The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular universe, including literary, film, or television series from various sources.
- the Star Wars franchise
- Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (business operating under franchise): franchisee, concession
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English franchisen, fraunchisen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French franchir (stem franchiss-, “to set free”), from franc (“free”). More at frank.
Verb
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- (transitive) To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
- (transitive, rare) To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French franchise.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: fran‧chi‧se
Noun
franchise f (plural franchises)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrænt͡ʃɑis/; final "e" becomes audible in the inflected forms and is pronounced as i /i/ in singular forms as well as in nominative plural and e /e/ in other plural forms. Otherwise the case suffixes are pronounced as in ordinary Finnish words. For example genitive singular becomes /ˈfrænt͡ʃɑisin/ and inessive plural /ˈfrænt͡ʃɑiseissɑ/. There may be considerable variation between individuals.
Noun
franchise
- franchise (authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area)
- Synonym: luvake
Declension
Inflection of this word is challenging as it does not readily adapt to Finnish spelling conventions. In speech the pronouncing goes as if this was a "risti"-type noun with the exception that the final vowel in nominative singular is silent. In writing the original English spelling usually remains intact but there is variation in recording the case suffixes. Two options are shown below. The second one may look clumsy bit it eliminates guesswork from pronunciation. The part before apostrophe is pronounced as in English and the remainder as in Finnish.
Inflection of franchise (irregular)
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Inflection of franchise (irregular)
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Derived terms
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French franchise (“freedom, privileged liberty”), from franc (“free”) + -ise (from Latin -itia).
Pronunciation
Noun
franchise f (plural franchises)
- (archaic) liberty, freedom
- frankness, honesty
- (insurance) excess (UK), deductible (US)
- (business) franchise
Synonyms
Verb
franchise
- first-person singular present indicative of franchiser
- third-person singular present indicative of franchiser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of franchiser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of franchiser
- second-person singular imperative of franchiser
Further reading
- “franchise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
franc, franche + -ise.
Noun
franchise oblique singular, f (oblique plural franchises, nominative singular franchise, nominative plural franchises)
Descendants
Portuguese
Noun
franchise m (plural franchises)
- franchise (business licensed to operate under a given business model and brand)
Synonyms
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Sports
- en:Business
- en:Marketing
- English terms with quotations
- Requests for quotations/Spenser
- English terms with obsolete senses
- Requests for quotations/Chaucer
- English transitive verbs
- English terms with rare senses
- Dutch terms borrowed from French
- Dutch terms derived from French
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch feminine nouns
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with C
- Finnish irregular nominals
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French terms with archaic senses
- fr:Insurance
- fr:Business
- French non-lemma forms
- French verb forms
- Old French terms suffixed with -ise
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French feminine nouns
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns