Sample Sentences for
franchise
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(editor-reviewed)

franchise as in:  franchise business

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She saved for years and then purchased a franchise that sells sandwiches.
franchise = the right to run a local store or business under a big company’s name
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    Normally an officer of his rank wouldn't get involved in such a silly case, but the company building the pancake franchise had some clout with local politicians.  (source)
    franchise = a company that does business under another company's name and uses many of their systems
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    They had been some of my less successful prophetic franchises.†  (source)
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    But the franchisee wants her to do it bad.†  (source)
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    A few blocks later, I ducked into a Vend-All franchise.†  (source)
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    Bullheads distinguishing civic feature is the Mohave Valley Highway, four lanes of asphalt lined with gas stations and fast-food franchises, chiropractors and video shops, auto-parts outlets and tourist traps.†  (source)
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    Many individual franchisees are genuinely concerned about the well-being of their workers.†  (source)
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    These local franchulates send most of their gross to Medellin in franchising fees and keep barely enough to pay overhead.†  (source)
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    When a contract is terminated, the franchisee can lose his or her entire investment.†  (source)
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    Furthermore, our franchised citizens are not everywhere a small fraction; you know or should know that the percentage of citizens among adults ranges from over eighty per cent on Iskander to less than three per cent in some Terran nations yet government is much the same everywhere.†  (source)
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    They're copying some kind of golf-course franchise that works out West.†  (source)
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    The government announced their intention to curb the trade union movement and do away with the limited franchises of the Indian, Coloured, and African peoples.†  (source)
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    Franchisees do, however, have some control over wage rates and try to keep them as low as possible.†  (source)
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    Franchising schemes have been around in one form or another since the nineteenth century.†  (source)
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franchise as in:  franchise to vote

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At that time, the franchise was limited to male property owners.
franchise = right to vote
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So I lose none In seeking to augment it, but still keep My bosom franchised, and allegiance clear, I shall be counselled.  (source)
franchised = free
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