Franchise

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Franchise most commonly refers 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
  • Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain
• Media franchise, a collection of related creative works, such as films, video games, books, etc., particularly in North American usage

Franchise may also refer to:

Video Franchise

Culture

• "Franchise" (short story), a 1955 short story by Isaac Asimov
• Dem Franchize Boyz, an American hip hop group from Atlanta
• Franchise Times, a business magazine for franchises

Maps Franchise

Sports

• Franchise, a term for a team in the type of professional sports league organization most commonly found in North America; see North American professional sports league organization
  • Franchise player, a player on such a team around whom an entire competitive squad can be built
  • Franchise tag, a designation of a player in the US National Football League whose contract is soon to expire that binds him to the team for one year at an enhanced salary
• League franchise, a local or regional business franchising operation under a particular sporting league in activities such as pool, darts, etc.

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Other uses

• Franchise Pictures, a film production company
• Jurisdictions used to be treated as property rights, and could be referred to as franchises
• A clause used by insurance companies as a threshold for policy payments, as in deductible
• A television franchise, a right to operate a television network.
  • A cable franchise, a right to operate a cable television network.

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See also

• The Franchise (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Franchise"
• All pages with a title containing Franchise

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