franchising

franchise | American Dictionary

franchise
noun
us/ˈfræn·tʃɑɪz/

franchisenoun (BUSINESS)

[ C ]
a right to sell a company’s products in a particular area using the company’s name

franchisenoun (VOTE)

[ U ] politics & government
the right to vote:
Women in the US won the franchise in 1920.

franchise | Business English

franchise
noun[ C or U ]
 COMMERCEuk /ˈfræntʃaɪz/us
an arrangement in which a company sells another business the right to sell its products or services in return for payment:
The bank is trying a scheme to let local managers work under franchise.
Do buy a franchise with a strong brand.
hold/own/have a franchiseI don't believe they are a fit company to hold a franchise.
win/lose a franchiseThe company won the franchise to sell and service the luxury car in the west of Scotland area.
award/give/grant a franchiseThe company announced that it was not yet ready to award the franchise to either party.
a franchise agreement/holder/fee
a franchise company/business/operation
a business that has bought the right to sell the products and services of another company:
She returned to London where she now owns a Body Shop franchise.
a rail/fast food/television franchiseThe most significant piece of news for the company was being declared preferred bidder for the rail franchise.
franchise
verb[ T ]
 COMMERCEuk /ˈfræntʃaɪz/us
to sell a person or company the right to sell the products and services of your company:
They made the decision to franchise the stores.

Examples of franchise

franchise
The second type of change occurs as a result of the specialized advertising of corporations and franchises.
In 1923, a year after regular sound broadcasts began, private radio stations obtained franchises, licences or" concessions" - admittedly on a precarious legal basis.
The same theory of franchises that justified granting and seizing corporate privileges also justified modifying them by these means.
Although they are small businesses, franchises operate as though they were part of a larger business.
The centrepiece of the new colonial dispensation, the territorial councils, remained forums of debate without power, elected on limited and discriminatory franchises.
The typical motorway services building is managed by one company, but usually includes a variety of franchises all sharing a same food court and lavatories.
In fact, we are all familiar with franchises, although we may not realise it.
Home rule effectively eliminated state access to the awarding of franchises and to the form of local government, both central issues in turnof-the-centur y politics.
The objective of the law was that of acquiring technical know-how, by making immigration attractive to craftsmen through the concession of franchises and monopolies.
In addition, by franchising a part of its operation, a business is able to concentrate on its core activity.
Though such commissions effectively annulled provisions in corporate charters, their use was entirely within the law of franchises by which such charters were granted.
The commons had gained a paper declaration upholding the charters and franchises, and the concessions embodied in the statute of 1340.
The six franchises are named in a sequence different from the previous documents.
The idea of franchising is to use the business concept of the global hotel company, the franchisor, by the 'local' property, the franchisee.
The goal, in other words, is to ensure that the franchises remain interesting to audiences and economically profitable.
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Collocations withfranchise

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exclusive franchise
In many cases they operate large and exclusivefranchise areas.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
existing franchise
The cable companies have invested £7 billion since 1991, with about another £6 billion scheduled to complete the existingfranchise bill.
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