Franchise

['fræn(t)ʃaɪz] or ['fræntʃaɪz]

解释:

(noun.) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote).

(noun.) an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place.

(noun.) a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area.

(verb.) grant a franchise to.

弗里达编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

(a.) A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.

(a.) The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.

(a.) Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.

(v. t.) To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.

切丽录入

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Right, privilege.[2]. Immunity, exemption.

伊莱恩整理

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Freedom, immunity, exemption, right

ANT:Obligation, disability, jurisdiction, liability, disqualification

手打:索菲

解释:

n. liberty: a privilege or exemption belonging to a subject by prescription or conferred by grant: the right of voting for a member of Parliament.—v.t. to enfranchise: to give one the franchise.—ns. Fran′chisement (Spens.) freedom release; Fran′chiser one who has the franchise.

手打:尤赖亚