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# franchise

noun (a franchise, franchises); verb (franchise, franchises, franchised, franchising)

«franchise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (business) Permission from a company to sell its products or run a shop using its name, as in «a burger franchise». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/franchise/#m1)
2. A shop or business run in this way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/franchise/#m2)
3. A series of films, games, books and toys based on the same characters, as in «the Star Wars franchise». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/franchise/#m3)
4. (formal) The right to vote in elections, as in «women won the franchise». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/franchise/#m4)
5. (US, sport) A professional sports team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/franchise/#m5)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, «the franchise» was extended so more people could vote; the Suffragettes fought for women's franchise. In business and everyday life, many fast-food shops are franchises. In films and games, a big «franchise» has many sequels and toys. In US sport, team owners own the franchise.

### Examples

- That pizza shop is a franchise of a big chain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/franchise/#x1)
- The Marvel franchise has dozens of films. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/franchise/#x2)
- Women gained the franchise in the UK in 1918 and 1928. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/franchise/#x3)
- Uncle Tom bought a coffee franchise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/franchise/#x4)
- The company franchises its name to shops around the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/franchise/#x5)
- The football franchise moved to a new city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/franchise/#x6)

### Note

Said «FRAN-chyze». The voting sense is formal; «suffrage» is a close word. «Disenfranchise» means to take away someone's right to vote.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «franchise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/franchise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«franchise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/franchise.html) on Mova free.