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Franchise generally means a right or privilege. It may refer to:

• Suffrage, the civil right to vote
• Franchising, a business method that involves licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business, such as:
  • Chain store, retail outlets which share a brand and central management
  • An exclusive right, for example to sell branded merchandise
  • Media franchise, ownership of the characters and setting of a film, video game, book, etc., particularly in North American usage
• A cable franchise, a term for a government-granted monopoly
• "Franchise" (short story), a 1955 short story by Isaac Asimov
• Dem Franchize Boyz, an American hip hop group from Atlanta
• Franchise Pictures, a film production company

In sport

• Franchise, a term for a team in professional sports league organization in North America
  • Franchise player, one who plays in this system
  • Franchise tag, a free agent player, specifically in the US National Football League
• League franchise, a local or regional business franchising operation under a particular amateur sporting league in activities such as pool, darts, etc.

[edit] See also

• The Franchise (disambiguation)

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