Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun franchise

3 senses of franchise

Sense 1
franchise -- (an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place)
       => concession, grant -- (a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park")

Sense 2
franchise, dealership -- (a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area)
       => business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation -- (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern")

Sense 3
franchise, enfranchisement -- (a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote))
       => legal right -- (a right based in law)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb franchise

1 sense of franchise

Sense 1
franchise -- (grant a franchise to)
       => license, licence, certify -- (authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state")