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Franchise Granted N Authority Vote Business Licensed Sell

Word franchise
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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