franchise
fran
ˈfrÃĻn
frān
chise
ˌʧaÉĒz
chaiz
/ˈfrÃĻnˌʧaÉĒz/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "franchise"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻžāχāϜāĻŋ, āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻžāχāϜ

a legal or contractual permission granted by a company to an individual or group, allowing them to market, sell, or distribute its products or services within a defined territory
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She applied for a franchise to sell luxury cosmetics in her city.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϏāĻŽā§‡āϟāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻžāχāϜāĻŋ āĻāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ­ā§‹āϟāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ⧀ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ

a legal entitlement given by a government, often referring to the right to participate in democratic processes such as voting
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Women gained the franchise in many countries during the early 20th century.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ‚āĻļ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§€āϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ­ā§‹āϟāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻžāχāϜ, āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻœā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ

a commercial enterprise that functions under an agreement, using the branding, systems, and products of an established company
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The franchise employs over 30 staff and serves hundreds of customers daily.
āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻžāχāϜ ā§Šā§Ļ āϜāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻļāϤ āĻļāϤ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āϕ⧇ āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻžāχāϜ, āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•

a set of related movies, novels, or other creative works that portray the same character or characters across multiple installments, often in different settings or situations, forming a unified narrative or brand
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's writing a new installment in her bestselling fantasy franchise.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟāϏ⧇āϞāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻžāχāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻžāχāϜ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻžāχāϜ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to grant a legal or commercial right to a person or group, authorizing them to sell or distribute a company's goods or services under its brand in a specific area
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They franchised the restaurant model to entrepreneurs in five states.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāρāϚāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρ āĻŽāĻĄā§‡āϞ āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻžāχāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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