franchise 音標拼音: [fr'æntʃ
, ɑɪz]
n . 公民權,特權,免賠額
vt . 給以特權
公民權,特權,免賠額給以特權
franchise 特權
franchise n 1 :
an authorization to sell a company '
s goods or services in a particular place 2 :
a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company '
s goods or services in a particular area [
synonym : {
franchise }, {
dealership }]
3 :
a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (
especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote ) [
synonym : {
franchise }, {
enfranchisement }]
v 1 :
grant a franchise to Franchise \
Fran "
chise \ (?
or ?;
277 ),
n . [
F .,
fr .
franc ,
fem .
franche ,
free .
See {
Frank },
a .]
1 .
Exemption from constraint or oppression ;
freedom ;
liberty .
[
Obs .] --
Spenser .
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2 . (
LAw )
A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government ,
and vested in individuals ;
an immunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction ;
a constitutional or statutory right or privilege ,
esp .
the right to vote .
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Election by universal suffrage ,
as modified by the Constitution ,
is the one crowning franchise of the American people . --
W .
H .
Seward .
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3 .
The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends ;
the limits of an immunity ;
hence ,
an asylum or sanctuary .
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Churches and mobasteries in Spain are franchises for criminals . --
London Encyc .
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4 .
Magnanimity ;
generosity ;
liberality ;
frankness ;
nobility .
"
Franchise in woman ." [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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{
Elective franchise },
the privilege or right of voting in an election of public officers .
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Franchise \
Fran "
chise \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Franchised };
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
Franchising }.] [
Cf .
OF .
franchir to free ,
F .,
to cross .]
To make free ;
to enfranchise ;
to give liberty to . --
Shak .
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105 Moby Thesaurus words for "
franchise ":
Australian ballot ,
Hare system ,
affranchise ,
authorize ,
aye ,
ballot ,
blank check ,
brevet ,
canvass ,
canvassing ,
carte blanche ,
casting vote ,
certificate ,
certify ,
charter ,
concession ,
copyright ,
counting heads ,
cumulative voting ,
deciding vote ,
diploma ,
diplomatic immunity ,
discharge ,
dispensation ,
division ,
empower ,
enable ,
enfranchise ,
enfranchisement ,
entitle ,
exception ,
exemption ,
fagot vote ,
favor ,
female suffrage ,
freedom ,
give official sanction ,
give power ,
grant ,
graveyard vote ,
hand vote ,
household franchise ,
immunity ,
indulgence ,
legalize ,
legislative immunity ,
legitimize ,
letters patent ,
liberty ,
license ,
list system ,
manhood suffrage ,
nay ,
no ,
nontransferable vote ,
patent ,
permission ,
plebiscite ,
plebiscitum ,
plumper ,
plural vote ,
poll ,
polling ,
preferential voting ,
privilege ,
proportional representation ,
proxy ,
ratify ,
record vote ,
referendum ,
release ,
representation ,
right to vote ,
rising vote ,
royal grant ,
sanction ,
say ,
secret ballot ,
show of hands ,
single vote ,
snap vote ,
special favor ,
straw vote ,
suffrage ,
suffragette ,
suffragettism ,
suffragism ,
suffragist ,
the vote ,
transferable vote ,
universal suffrage ,
validate ,
viva voce ,
voice ,
voice vote ,
vote ,
voting ,
voting right ,
warrant ,
woman -
suffragist ,
write -
in ,
write -
in vote ,
yea ,
yeas and nays ,
yes FRANCHISE .
This word has several significations :
1 .
It is a right reserved to the people by the constitution ;
hence we say ,
the elective franchise ,
to designate the right of the people to elect their officers .
2 .
It is a certain privilege ,
conferred by grant from the government ,
and Vested in individuals .
2 .
Corporations ,
or bodies politic ,
are the most usual franchises known to our law .
They have been classed among incorporeal hereditaments ,
perhaps improperly ,
as they have no inheritable quality .
3 .
In England ,
franchises are very numerous ;
they ,
are said to be royal privileges in the hands of a subject .
Vide 3 Kent ,
Com .
366 ;
2 Bouv .
Inst .
n .
1686 ;
Cruise ,'
Dig .
tit .
27 ;
2 Bl .
Com .
37 ;
15 Serg . &
Rawle ,
130 ;
Finch ,
164 .
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