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1. An authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
    
2. A business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
   - dealership
    
3. A statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
   - enfranchisement

1. Grant a franchise to

Derived forms: franchising, franchises, franchised

Type of: business, business concern, business organisation [Brit], business organization, certify, concern, concession, grant, legal right, licence [Brit, Cdn], license

Encyclopedia: Franchise