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{
"term": "franchise",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "formal permission given by a company to somebody who wants to sell its goods or services in a particular area; formal permission given by a government to somebody who wants to operate a public service as a business",
"labels": "(North American English)(British English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **franchise agreement/company**"
},
{
"text": "a catering/rail franchise"
},
{
"text": "In the reorganization, Southern Television lost their franchise."
},
{
"text": "to operate a business **under franchise**"
},
{
"text": "Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis."
},
{
"text": "TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder."
},
{
"text": "The company has just won a television franchise."
},
{
"text": "The diving school has acquired a franchise for scuba equipment."
},
{
"text": "The franchise was awarded to a French company."
},
{
"text": "the company that holds the franchise for the south-east of the country"
}
],
"topics": ["Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fast-food", "rail", "sports"],
"verb + franchise": ["have", "hold", "own"],
"franchise + noun": ["system", "business", "company"],
"preposition": ["franchise for"],
"phrases": ["on a franchise basis"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a business or service run under franchise",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They operate franchises in London and Paris."
},
{
"text": "He's got a job as manager of a burger franchise."
},
{
"text": "He runs a local pizza franchise."
}
],
"topics": ["Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fast-food", "rail", "sports"],
"verb + franchise": ["have", "hold", "own"],
"franchise + noun": ["system", "business", "company"],
"preposition": ["franchise for"],
"phrases": ["on a franchise basis"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the right to vote in a country’s elections",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "universal adult franchise"
},
{
"text": "The 1918 Reform Act extended the franchise to women over 30."
},
{
"text": "The franchise was later extended to all adults over eighteen."
},
{
"text": "He had to exercise the franchise on behalf of other council members."
},
{
"text": "It was decided that all men in the armed forces should qualify for the franchise."
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["democratic", "universal", "limited"],
"verb + franchise": ["qualify for", "exercise", "extend"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a set of films in which the same characters appear in related stories",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Disney has successfully revived the ‘Star Wars’ franchise, with four films already released and more in the works."
}
],
"topics": ["Film and theatre"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfræntʃaɪz/",
"audio": "fr/franchise/franchise__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfræntʃaɪz/",
"audio": "fr/franchise/franchise__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting a grant of legal immunity): from Old French, based on franc, franche ‘free’, from medieval Latin francus ‘free’. Sense (3) dates from the late 18th cent. and senses (1 and 2) from the 20th cent."
}