franchise.

1. A right granted to operate a business using another organization's name, products, or business system.

2. The legal right to vote in elections.

3. A connected group of films, books, games, or other works built around shared characters or a common fictional world.

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Words that belong together

• restaurant franchise
• franchise agreement

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The franchise agreement required consistent training at every branch.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular franchise; plural franchises. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.