franchise

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹænt͡ʃaɪ̯z/

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From Middle English franchise, fraunchise, from Old French franchise (“freedom”), a derivative of franc (“free”). More at frank.

franchise (countable and uncountable, plural franchises)

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

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, “Franchise”, in James Millar, editor, 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:

      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.

• (business operating under franchise): franchisee, concession

From Middle English franchisen, fraunchisen, from Old French franchir (stem franchiss-, “to set free”), from franc (“free”). More at frank.

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.
3. (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.

Borrowed from French franchise.

• IPA^(key): /frɑnˈʃi.zə/
• Hyphenation: fran‧chi‧se

franchise f (plural franchises)

1. (law, finance) franchise (exemption from financial or legal obligation)

   Synonym: vrijstelling

Borrowed from English franchise.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛn.tʃɑi̯s/

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• Hyphenation: fran‧chi‧se

franchise f (plural franchises)

1. (business) franchise (agreement between franchiser and franchisee)

• franchise on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

From English franchise.

• 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.

franchise

1. franchise (authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area)

   Synonym: luvake

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 (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 abessive franchise’itta franchise’eitta instructive – franchise’ein comitative – franchise’eineen

• franchiseantaja
• franchiseottaja

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

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃.ʃiz/

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franchise f (plural franchises)

1. (archaic) liberty, freedom

   Synonym: liberté

2. frankness, honesty

   Synonym: francheté

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

• → Polish: franczyza

franchise

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

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

• franchies, frenchais

franchise

1. 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.

franc, franche +‎ -ise.

franchise oblique singular, 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)

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

Unadapted borrowing from English franchise.

franchise m (plural franchises)

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

   Synonym: franquia

Borrowed from English franchise. First attested in 1972.

franchise c

1. franchise (authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area)
3. a franchise (franchisee)

   Synonym: franchisetagare

5. a franchise (collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular fictional universe)

   Synonym: (often) serie

Might be considered Anglicisms by some in (sense 2) and (sense 3), but fairly common.

• franchiseföretag
• franchisebasis
• franchisetagare

• franchising

• franchise in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• franchise in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)