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Noun franchise has 3 senses

franchise - an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
--₁ is a kind of concession, grant

Derived form: verb franchise₁
franchise, dealership - a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
--₂ is a kind of business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation

Derived form: verb franchise₁
franchise, enfranchisement - a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
--₃ is a kind of legal right
--₃ has particulars: right to vote, vote, suffrage

Verb franchise has 1 sense

franchise - grant a franchise to
--₁ is one way to license, licence, certify

Derived forms: noun franchise₂, noun franchise₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody