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The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
1810, “Franchise”, in James Millar, editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica:
Churches and monasteries in Spain are franchises for criminals.
(sports) The collection of organizations in the history of a sportsteam; the tradition of a sports team as an entity, extending beyond the contemporary organization.
The Whalers' home city of Hartford was one of many for the franchise.
(business,marketing) The positive influence on the buying behavior of customers exerted by the reputation of a company or a brand.
2000, John Philip Jones, Behind powerful brands: from strategy to campaign, page 80:
Once a brand has established a consumer franchise and a brand image, it takes a long time for these to decay, as the image is maintained more by people's personal familiarity with and usage of the brand than by external marketing stimuli.
2002, Robert G. Hagstrom, The Essential Buffett: Timeless Principles for the New Economy, page 26:
Warren Buffett teaches us that the best business to own, the one with the best long-term prospects is a franchise - one that sells a product or service that is needed or desired, has no close substitute, and yields profits that are unregulated.
2007, Jack L. Treynor, Treynor on institutional investing, page 354:
Certain other industries have no plant. Value derives entirely from brand franchise. (Consulting firms, engineering firms, and advertising agencies do not talk about the value of their franchise. Instead, they talk about "reputation".)
The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular fictional universe, including literary, film, or television series from various sources, generally when all authorized by a copyright holder or similar authority.
the Star Wars franchise
Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
final "e" becomes audible in the inflected forms and is pronounced as i/i/ in singular forms as well as in nominative plural and e/e/ in other plural forms. Otherwise the case suffixes are pronounced as in ordinary Finnish words. For example genitive singular becomes /ˈfrænt͡ʃɑisin/ and inessive plural /ˈfrænt͡ʃɑiseissɑ/. There may be considerable variation between individuals.
Noun
franchise
franchise(authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area)
Inflection of this word is challenging as it does not readily adapt to Finnish spelling conventions. In speech the pronouncing goes as if this was a "risti"-type noun with the exception that the final vowel in nominative singular is silent. In writing the original English spelling usually remains intact but there is variation in recording the case suffixes. Two options are shown below. The second one may look clumsy bit it eliminates guesswork from pronunciation. The part before apostrophe is pronounced as in English and the remainder as in Finnish.