noun. A privilege or right granted by law, especially the right to vote in the election of public officials.

noun. A special privilege given by government to a corporation or an individual to engage in a particular activity using public facilities, especially to provide a public service such as transportation or communications.

noun. The establishment of a corporation, including the granting of certain privileges such as exemption from individual liability for the acts of the corporation.

noun. undefined

noun. Authorization granted to someone to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a certain area.

noun. A business or group of businesses established or operated under such authorization.

noun. A brand name under which a series of products is released.

noun. The territory or limits within which immunity, a privilege, or a right may be exercised.

noun. A professional sports team.

transitive verb. To grant a franchise to.

To make free; enfranchise.

noun. A privilege or grant extended by a municipal corporation to a private corporation or person, as the right to maintain a street-railway, to use streets for water- or gas-mains, etc.

noun. Liberty; freedom from constraint or subjection; independence; enfranchisement.

noun. A privilege arising from the grant of a sovereign or government, or from prescription, which presupposes a grant; a privilege of a public nature conferred on individuals by grant from government: as, a corporate franchise (the right to be and act as a corporation).

noun. Specifically, the privilege of voting at public elections; the right of suffrage: distinctively called the elective franchise.

noun. The district or jurisdiction to which a particular individual or corporate privilege extends; the limits of an immunity.

noun. An asylum or sanctuary where persons are secure from arrest.

noun. Nobility of spirit; generosity; highmindedness; magnanimity; liberality.

transitive verb. To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.

noun. Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

noun. A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an immunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.

noun. The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.

noun. Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.

noun. the privilege or right of voting in an election of public officers.

verb. To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.

verb. To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.

noun. A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.

noun. An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.

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

noun. A business operating under such authorization.

noun. A legal exemption from jurisdiction.

noun. The membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.

noun. The right to vote at a public election.

noun. 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.

noun. The positive influence on the buying behavior of customers exerted by the reputation of a company or a brand.

noun. The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular universe, including literary, film, or television series from various sources.

noun. Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.

noun. a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)

verb. grant a franchise to

noun. an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place

noun. a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area

"The phrase "franchise quarterback" suggests to me someone who can consistently carry the team, and I don't think Sanchez is there yet."

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