FRANCHISE
\fɹˈant͡ʃa͡ɪz], \fɹˈantʃaɪz], \f_ɹ_ˈa_n_tʃ_aɪ_z]\
Definitions of FRANCHISE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the right to vote)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
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The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
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Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
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To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.
By Oddity Software
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Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
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The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
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Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
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To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.
By Noah Webster.
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Liberty; freedom; the constitutional right of suffrage, or right to vote; a particular privilege or right granted by a sovereign or by a legislative or lawmaking body to an individual, or to a business company; the district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A privilege or right granted by municipalities to street railroad corporations, etc.: the right of voting.
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To enfranchise: to give one the franchise.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals;—the district to which a particular privilege extends; hence, an asylum or sanctuary;—the right of voting in elections for members of parliament.
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v.t. to make free:—imp & pp franchised; ppr. franchising.
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