franchise
part of speech
noun (a franchise, franchises); verb (franchise, franchises, franchised, franchising)
meaning for a pupil
1) (business) Permission from a company to sell its products or run a shop using its name, as in «a burger franchise». tree →
2) A shop or business run in this way. tree →
3) A series of films, games, books and toys based on the same characters, as in «the Star Wars franchise». tree →
4) (formal) The right to vote in elections, as in «women won the franchise». tree →
5) (US, sport) A professional sports team. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons, «the franchise» was extended so more people could vote; the Suffragettes fought for women's franchise. In business and everyday life, many fast-food shops are franchises. In films and games, a big «franchise» has many sequels and toys. In US sport, team owners own the franchise.
examples
- That pizza shop is a franchise of a big chain. tree →
- The Marvel franchise has dozens of films. tree →
- Women gained the franchise in the UK in 1918 and 1928. tree →
- Uncle Tom bought a coffee franchise. tree →
- The company franchises its name to shops around the world. tree →
- The football franchise moved to a new city. tree →
note
Said «FRAN-chyze». The voting sense is formal; «suffrage» is a close word. «Disenfranchise» means to take away someone's right to vote.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «franchise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.