Franchise

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

  • Suffrage, the civil right to vote
  • Franchising: A business method that involves the licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business, such as:
    • Chain store, retail outlets which share a brand and central management
    • An exclusive right, for example to sell branded merchandise.
    • Media franchise, ownership of the characters and setting of a film, video game, book, etc., particularly in North American usage
  • A government-granted monopoly, e.g. a "cable franchise"
  • Franchise (short story), a 1955 short story by Isaac Asimov
  • Dem Franchize Boyz, an American hip hop group from Atlanta.
  • Franchise deductible, in insurance, where the deductible only applies in small losses
In sport

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