Word | franchise |
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Part of Speech | N. |
Definition | right granted by authority; right to vote; business licensed to sell a product in a particular territory. |
Sentence | The city issued a franchise to the company to operate surface transit lines on the streets for 99 years. For most of American history, women lacked the right to vote: not until the early twentieth century was the franchise granted to women. Stan owns a Carvel's ice cream franchise in Chinatown. |
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