Synonyms of the word

franchise

• n. The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage, suffragette.
• n. A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.
• n. An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.
• n. The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.
• n. A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee.
• n. A legal exemption from jurisdiction.
• n. The membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.
• n. The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence,…
• n. (sports) The collection of organizations in the history of a sports team; the tradition of a sports team…
• n. (business, marketing) The positive influence on the buying behavior of customers exerted by the reputation…
• n. The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular universe, including literary, film,…
• n. Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
• n. (obsolete) Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
• v. (transitive) To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
• v. (transitive, rare) To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.

business

• n. (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
• n. (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
• n. (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
• n. (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
• n. (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
• n. (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
• n. (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
• n. (countable) A particular situation or activity.
• n. (countable) An objective or a matter needing to be dealt with.
• n. (uncountable) Something involving one personally.
• n. (uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
• n. (travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and…
• n. (acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
• n. (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
• n. (uncountable, slang, Britain) Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees").
• n. (slang, uncountable) Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.
• adj. Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or…
• adj. Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
• adj. Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.

certify

• v. (transitive) to attest to as the truth or meeting a standard.

concern

• n. That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. The adposition before…
• n. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
• n. A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
• n. (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
• v. (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of;…
• v. (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
• v. (transitive) To make somebody worried.

concession

• n. The act of conceding.
• n. An act of conceding, particularly.
• n. A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
• n. (chiefly US) A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above.).
• n. (chiefly US, usually in the plural) An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concession…
• n. (chiefly Britain) A person eligible for a concession price (see above).
• v. To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.

dealership

• n. A place that sells items, especially cars.

enfranchisement

• n. The act of enfranchising.
• n. The release from slavery.
• n. The investiture with any of several municipal privileges.
• n. (Britain, law) conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold.

grant

• v. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer…
• v. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
• v. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
• v. To assent; to consent.
• n. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
• n. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
• n. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
• n. (law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the…
• n. the deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
• n. (informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).

licence

• n. (Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa) standard spelling of license.
• v. (Britain, Canada, South Africa, nonstandard) Alternative form of license.

license

• n. A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
• n. The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
• n. Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or…
• n. Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
• v. The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.
• v. Authorize officially.