franchise

franchise is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 18 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
2. adjective. A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.
3. adjective. The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
4. adjective. Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
5. transitive verb. To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.
6. 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)

   Synonyms: enfranchisement

7. noun. an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
8. noun. a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area

   Synonyms: dealership

9. verb. grant a franchise to

Synonyms

enfranchisement, dealership

Common word forms

franchised, franchiser, franchises, franchisees, franchising, franchisement

Words from these letters

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