| Noun | 1. | franchise - an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular placeconcession, grant - a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" | |
| 2. | franchise - a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area | |
| 3. | franchise - a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)right to vote, suffrage, vote - a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920" jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" | |
| Verb | 1. | franchise - grant a franchise to | |