franchise
verb/ˈfræntʃaɪz/
/ˈfræntʃaɪz/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they franchise | /ˈfræntʃaɪz/ /ˈfræntʃaɪz/ |
| he / she / it franchises | /ˈfræntʃaɪzɪz/ /ˈfræntʃaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple franchised | /ˈfræntʃaɪzd/ /ˈfræntʃaɪzd/ |
| past participle franchised | /ˈfræntʃaɪzd/ /ˈfræntʃaɪzd/ |
| -ing form franchising | /ˈfræntʃaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈfræntʃaɪzɪŋ/ |
- to give or sell a franchise to somebody
- be franchised (out) (to somebody/something) Catering has been franchised (out) to a private company.
- franchised restaurants
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a grant of legal immunity): from Old French, based on franc, franche ‘free’, from medieval Latin francus ‘free’. Sense (3) dates from the late 18th cent. and senses (1 and 2) from the 20th cent.
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