Franchise — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place

a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fɹˈæntʃaɪz/

🇬🇧British English

/fɹˈantʃaɪz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fɹˈantʃaɪz/

2 syllables Say it as /fɹˈæntʃaɪz/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

enfranchisement dealership

Parts of Speech

noun	an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
noun	a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
noun	a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
verb	grant a franchise to

Word Forms

franchise	verb	grant a franchise to
dealer	noun	someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
enfranchise	verb	grant voting rights
franchise	noun	a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

franquicia

una autorización para vender los bienes o servicios de una empresa en un lugar determinado

🇮🇹Italian

franchising

un'autorizzazione a vendere beni o servizi di un'azienda in un determinato luogo

🇵🇹Portuguese

franquia

uma autorização para vender bens ou serviços de uma empresa em um determinado local

🇷🇺Russian

франшиза

разрешение на продажу товаров или услуг компании в определенном месте

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मताधिकार

किसी कंपनी के सामान या सेवाओं को किसी विशेष स्थान पर बेचने का प्राधिकरण

🇧🇩Bengali

ভোটাধিকার

একটি নির্দিষ্ট জায়গায় একটি কোম্পানির পণ্য বা পরিষেবা বিক্রি করার একটি অনুমোদন৷

🇮🇳Tamil

உரிமை

ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட இடத்தில் ஒரு நிறுவனத்தின் பொருட்கள் அல்லது சேவைகளை விற்பனை செய்வதற்கான அங்கீகாரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఫ్రాంచైజ్

ఒక నిర్దిష్ట స్థలంలో కంపెనీ వస్తువులు లేదా సేవలను విక్రయించడానికి అధికారం

🇮🇳Marathi

मताधिकार

एखाद्या विशिष्ट ठिकाणी कंपनीच्या वस्तू किंवा सेवा विकण्याची अधिकृतता

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફ્રેન્ચાઇઝ

કોઈ ચોક્કસ જગ્યાએ કંપનીનો માલ અથવા સેવાઓ વેચવાની અધિકૃતતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಫ್ರ್ಯಾಂಚೈಸ್

ಕಂಪನಿಯ ಸರಕುಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಸೇವೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾರಾಟ ಮಾಡಲು ಅಧಿಕಾರ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഫ്രാഞ്ചൈസി

ഒരു പ്രത്യേക സ്ഥലത്ത് ഒരു കമ്പനിയുടെ ചരക്കുകളോ സേവനങ്ങളോ വിൽക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള അംഗീകാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਫਰੈਂਚਾਇਜ਼ੀ

ਕਿਸੇ ਖਾਸ ਜਗ੍ਹਾ 'ਤੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਕੰਪਨੀ ਦੇ ਸਾਮਾਨ ਜਾਂ ਸੇਵਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਚਣ ਦਾ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

فرنچائز

کسی خاص جگہ پر کمپنی کے سامان یا خدمات کو فروخت کرنے کی اجازت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

特许经营权

在特定地点销售公司商品或服务的授权

🇯🇵Japanese

フランチャイズ

特定の場所で会社の商品またはサービスを販売する許可

🇰🇷Korean

독점 판매권

특정 장소에서 회사의 상품이나 서비스를 판매할 수 있는 권한

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhượng quyền thương mại

ủy quyền bán hàng hóa hoặc dịch vụ của công ty ở một địa điểm cụ thể

🇹🇭Thai

แฟรนไชส์

การอนุญาตให้ขายสินค้าหรือบริการของบริษัทในสถานที่เฉพาะ

🇮🇩Indonesian

waralaba

izin untuk menjual barang atau jasa perusahaan di tempat tertentu

🇵🇭Filipino

prangkisa

isang awtorisasyon na magbenta ng mga produkto o serbisyo ng kumpanya sa isang partikular na lugar

🇲🇾Malay

francais

kebenaran untuk menjual barangan atau perkhidmatan syarikat di tempat tertentu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

امتياز

ترخيص لبيع سلع أو خدمات الشركة في مكان معين

🇮🇷Persian

حق رای دادن

مجوزی برای فروش کالاها یا خدمات یک شرکت در یک مکان خاص

🇹🇷Turkish

imtiyaz

bir şirketin mal veya hizmetlerini belirli bir yerde satma yetkisi

🇮🇱Hebrew

זִכָּיוֹן

הרשאה למכור סחורות או שירותים של חברה במקום מסוים

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The primary meaning of 'franchise' is 'an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place'.

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Using 'franchise' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'franchise' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

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