franchise

franchise

See also: Franchise and franchisé

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹænt͡ʃaɪ̯z/

• Audio (RP)

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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)

1. The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage, suffragette.
2. 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.

3. An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.
4. The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.

   McDonald’s has exported its franchise.

5. A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee.
6. A legal exemption from jurisdiction.
7. The membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.
8. The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
   • 1810, James Millar (editor), "Franchise" in Encyclopaedia Britannica

     Churches and monasteries in Spain are franchises for criminals.

9. (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.

10. (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".)

11. 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

12. 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 960102938:

      Ye […] the love of ladies foule defame;
      To whom the world this franchise ever yeelded,
      That of their loves choise they might freedom clame.

13. (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

Bulgarian: привилегия (bg) f (privilegija) Dutch: concessie (nl) Finnish: oikeus (fi), etuoikeus (fi), valtuutus (fi) French: concession (fr) f Galician: concesión f, franquía f German: Konzession (de) f, behördliche Genehmigung f Hindi: फ्रेन्चाइज़ m (phrencāiz) Malay: francais Plautdietsch: Wolrajcht n Portuguese: concessão (pt) f Scottish Gaelic: còir f Spanish: concesión (es) f Turkish: ayrıcalık (tr), imtiyaz (tr) Welsh: rhyddfraint f

acknowledgement of a corporation's existence and ownership

Finnish: toimilupa (fi) Malay: francais

authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area

Dutch: franchise (nl) Estonian: frantsiis Finnish: toimilupa (fi), luvake (fi), franchise (fi), franchisingsopimus French: franchise (fr) f Galician: franquía f Georgian: ფრანშიზა (pranšiza) German: Franchise (de) Greek: δικαιοχρησία f (dikaiochrisía) Hindi: फ्रेन्चाइज़ m (phrencāiz) Hungarian: franchise (hu) Indonesian: waralaba (id) Malay: francais Persian: فرانشیز‎ (fa) (frānšiz) Polish: ajencja (pl) f, franczyza (pl) f Portuguese: franquia (pt) f, franchising (pt) m Russian: франши́за (ru) f (franšíza) Scottish Gaelic: còir f Spanish: franquicia (es) f Tagalog: prangkisya Turkish: muhafiyet

business operating under such authorization

Finnish: toimiluvan ottaja, luvakkeenottaja, franchising-ottaja, franchisen ottaja Galician: franquía f Hindi: फ्रेन्चाइज़ m (phrencāiz) Indonesian: waralaba (id) Portuguese: franquia (pt) f, franchise (pt) m Thai: แฟรนไชส์ (th) (frɛɛn-chaai)

legal exemption from jurisdiction

Finnish: poikkeuslupa Galician: franquía f Malay: francais Spanish: franquicia (es) f

membership of a corporation or state

Finnish: osakkuus (fi) (of a corporation), kansalaisuus (fi) (of a state)

right to vote at a public election

Bulgarian: избирателно право n (izbiratelno pravo) Finnish: äänioikeus (fi) French: droit de vote (fr) m German: Wahlrecht (de) Greek: δικαίωμα ψήφου n (dikaíoma psífou) Hungarian: választójog (hu) Irish: toghchóras m, ceart vótála m Malay: francais Scottish Gaelic: còir f Spanish: derecho a sufragio m, derecho de voto m, sufragio activo m, derecho de sufragio m Swedish: rösträtt (sv) c Turkish: oy hakkı (tr), oy verme hakkı Welsh: etholfraint

sports team and its history as entity

Finnish: urheiluseura (fi) Malay: francais

collection of fictional works

Dutch: franchise (nl) f Catalan: franquícia f French: franchise (fr) f Indonesian: waralaba (id) Japanese: フランチャイズ (ja) (furanchaizu) Portuguese: franquia (pt) f

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)

1. (transitive) To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
2. (transitive, rare) To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.

Translations

to confer certain powers on

Finnish: valtuuttaa (fi) Portuguese: franquiar (pt) Spanish: franquiciar (es)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French franchise.

Pronunciation

• (file)

• Hyphenation: fran‧chi‧se

Noun

franchise f (plural franchises)

1. franchise

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Finnish

Etymology

From English franchise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfræntʃɑi̯s/, [ˈfræn̪t̪ʃɑi̯s̠]
  • 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

1. 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.

Declension of franchise (irregular) singular plural nominative franchise franchiset genitive franchisen franchisien partitive franchisea franchiseja accusative franchise franchisen franchiset inessive franchisessa franchiseissa elative franchisesta franchiseista illative franchiseen franchiseihin adessive franchisella franchiseilla ablative franchiselta franchiseilta allative franchiselle franchiseille essive franchisena franchiseina translative franchiseksi franchiseiksi instructive – franchisein abessive franchisetta franchiseitta comitative – franchiseineen

Declension of franchise (irregular) singular plural nominative franchise franchise’it genitive franchise’in franchise’ien partitive franchise’ia franchise’eja accusative franchise franchise’in franchise’it inessive franchise’issa franchise’eissa elative franchise’ista franchise’eista illative franchise’iin franchise’eihin adessive franchise’illa franchise’eilla ablative franchise’ilta franchise’eilta allative franchise’ille franchise’eille essive franchise’ina franchise’eina translative franchise’iksi franchise’eiksi instructive – franchise’ein abessive franchise’itta franchise’eitta comitative – franchise’eineen

Derived terms

• franchiseantaja
• franchiseottaja

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French franchise (“freedom, privileged liberty”), from franc (“free”) + -ise (from Latin -itia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃.ʃiz/

• audio

  (file)

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

Noun

franchise f (plural franchises)

1. (archaic) liberty, freedom

   Synonym: liberté

2. frankness, honesty

   Synonym: francheté

3. (insurance) excess (UK), deductible (US)
4. (business) franchise

Descendants

• → Polish: franczyza

Verb

franchise

1. inflection of franchiser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “franchise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• franchies, frenchais

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Middle English

Noun

franchise

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Old French

Etymology

franc, franche +‎ -ise.

Noun

franchise f (oblique plural franchises, nominative singular franchise, nominative plural franchises)

1. freedom (quality of being free)
2. nobleness; chivalry (quality of being noble or chivalrous)

Descendants

• → English: franchise
• French: franchise
• → Old Portuguese: franqueza
  • Galician: franqueza
  • Portuguese: franqueza

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English franchise.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɐ̃ˈʃaj.z(ɨ)/

Noun

franchise m (plural franchises)

1. franchise (business licensed to operate under a given business model and brand)

   Synonym: franquia