franchise
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɹænt͡ʃaɪ̯z/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Etymology 1
From Middle English franchise, fraunchise, from 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.
- A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.
- a. 1872, William H. Seward, debate
- Election by universal suffrage, as modified by the Constitution, is the one crowning franchise of the American people.
- a. 1872, William H. Seward, debate
- 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.
- McDonald’s has exported its franchise.
- A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee.
- 2017, “Rockafella”, in The Art State, performed by Patricia Taxxon:
- What do you want from me, this evening's running out
I'm looking to get out of this franchise in a flounce
- 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.
- 1810, “Franchise”, in James Millar, editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica:
- Churches and monasteries in Spain are franchises for criminals.
- (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 fictional universe, including literary, film, or television series from various sources, generally when all authorized by a copyright holder or similar authority.
- the Star Wars franchise
- Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Ye […] the love of ladies foule defame;
To whom the world this franchise ever yeelded,
That of their loves choise they might freedom clame.
- (obsolete) Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
Synonyms
- (business operating under franchise): franchisee, concession
Derived terms
Derived terms
- franchisal
- franchisee
- franchise player
- franchiser
- franchise records
- franchisor
Translations
right or privilege officially granted by a government
|
authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area
|
business operating under such authorization
|
legal exemption from jurisdiction
|
membership of a corporation or state
|
right to vote at a public election
|
sports team and its history as entity
|
collection of fictional works
frankness
Etymology 2
From Middle English franchisen, fraunchisen, from Old French franchir (stem franchiss-, “to set free”), from franc (“free”). More at frank.
Verb
franchise (third-person singular simple present franchises, present participle franchising, simple past and past participle franchised)
- (transitive) To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
- 2020 October 21, “Network News: No special agreements for open access operators”, in Rail, page 20:
- In a Commons Written Reply to Shadow Rail Minister Tan Dhesi, regarding any assessment of the impact on open access operators by the decision to move away from franchising […] , Heaton-Harris highlighted that non-franchised operators run trains without a contractual relationship with Government.
- (transitive, rare) To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.
- (transitive) To give to others the rights to sell or distribute (goods or services).
- 1974 April 13, “Lavender Line: Near Complete”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
- The ad originators are planning to franchise the campaign to gay groups all across the country.
- 2008 December, James Matney, “Raise your glasses in lactoast to independent films”, in The Vox (The Spokesman-Review), page 3, column 1:
- This winter, there is a diverse buffet of movies for you to choose from. Most people order the widely franchised cheeseburger because of its biggie-sized portion, its reliably adequate flavor, and its bright, attractive packaging. Don’t get me wrong; on opening day, I’ll be sitting in the front row savoring the cheeseburgery deliciousness of “Quantum of Solace” and “Twilight.” But after the initial cinematic hunger subsides, the diner, like myself, who craves a heartier meal, will take a second trip through the buffet line and search for a meal with a more complex flavor and memorable substance.
Translations
to confer certain powers on
|
Remove ads
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French franchise.
Pronunciation
Noun
franchise f (plural franchises)
- (law, finance) franchise (exemption from financial or legal obligation)
- Synonym: vrijstelling
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English franchise.
Pronunciation
Noun
franchise f (plural franchises)
Derived terms
- franchisegever
- franchisenemer
Further reading
franchise on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Remove ads
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfræntʃɑi̯s/, [ˈfræn̪.t̪ʃɑ̝i̯s̠]
- Rhymes: -æntʃɑis
- 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 (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | franchise | franchiset | |
| genitive | franchisen | franchisejen | |
| partitive | franchisea | franchiseja | |
| illative | franchiseen | franchiseihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | franchise | franchiset | |
| accusative | nom. | franchise | franchiset |
| gen. | franchisen | ||
| genitive | franchisen | franchisejen franchisein rare | |
| partitive | franchisea | franchiseja | |
| inessive | franchisessa | franchiseissa | |
| elative | franchisesta | franchiseista | |
| illative | franchiseen | franchiseihin | |
| adessive | franchisella | franchiseilla | |
| ablative | franchiselta | franchiseilta | |
| allative | franchiselle | franchiseille | |
| essive | franchisena | franchiseina | |
| translative | franchiseksi | franchiseiksi | |
| abessive | franchisetta | franchiseitta | |
| instructive | — | franchisein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
| Possessive forms of franchise (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inflection of franchise (irregular)
|
Derived terms
- franchiseantaja
- franchiseottaja
Remove ads
Etymology
Inherited 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
- Synonym: liberté
- frankness, honesty
- Synonym: honnêteté
- (insurance) excess (UK), deductible (US)
- (business) franchise
Descendants
- → Polish: franczyza
Verb
franchise
- inflection of franchiser:
Further reading
- “franchise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Remove ads
Noun
franchise
- freedom, franchise.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 27, line 452:
- Certes, goodes of body been hele of body, as strengthe, delivernesse, beautee, gentrye, franchise.
- Certainly, goods of body are health of body, strength, agility, beauty, gentle birth, freedom.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 27, line 452:
Etymology
franc, franche + -ise.
Noun
franchise oblique singular, f (oblique plural franchises, nominative singular franchise, nominative plural franchises)
Descendants
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
franchise m (plural franchises)
Etymology
Noun
franchise c
- franchise (authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area)
- a franchise (franchisee)
- Synonym: franchisetagare
- a franchise (collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular fictional universe)
- Synonym: (often) serie
Usage notes
Might be considered Anglicisms by some in (sense 2) and (sense 3), but fairly common.
Declension
Declension of franchise
Derived terms
- franchiseföretag
- franchisebasis
- franchisetagare
Related terms
References
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Remove ads