Franchise

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Franchise generally means a right or privilege. It may refer to:

• Suffrage, the civil right to vote
• A franchise (i.e., a franchise outlet) operated under the business method of franchising: the licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business.
  • Chain store, retail outlets which share a brand and central management
• An exclusive right
• A government-granted monopoly, e.g. a "cable franchise"
• Media franchise, ownership of the characters and setting of a film, video game, book, etc., particularly in North American usage
• Franchise (Asimov), a 1989 novel (and a story in the anthology Nine Tomorrows) by Isaac Asimov

In sport:

• A professional sports team, a usage originating and prevalent in North America, usually operated under the American-style of a professional sports league organization
• A key or star player in many American sports; such a player may be referred to as a "franchise player", or may licence use of his name or image on franchised goods.
• In insurance, a franchise deductible is a deductible applied only to losses that do not exceed a certain amount. Once the loss exceeds this amount (the franchise deductible amount), the insurer pays from the first dollar.
• Shane Douglas, a professional wrestler known as "The Franchise"
• Relocation of professional sports teams, in UK usage

In music:

• Dem Franchize Boyz, an African-American rap group