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franchising

franchising is the present participle and gerund of franchise.

Meaning of franchise

Verb

franchise (third-person singular simple present franchises, present participle franchising, simple past and past participle franchised)

  1. (transitive) To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
    • In a Commons Written Reply to Shadow Rail Minister Tan Dhesi, regarding any assessment of the impact on open access operators by the decision to move away from franchising […], Heaton-Harris highlighted that non-franchised operators run trains without a contractual relationship with Government.2020 October 21, “Network News: No special agreements for open access operators”, in Rail, page 20
  2. (rare, transitive) To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.
  3. (transitive) To give to others the rights to sell or distribute (goods or services).
    • The ad originators are planning to franchise the campaign to gay groups all across the country.1974 April 13, “Lavender Line: Near Complete”, in Gay Community News, page 3

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Noun

franchising (usually uncountable, plural franchisings)

  1. (usually) The establishment, granting, or use of a franchise.

Forms of franchising

pluralfranchisings

Questions about franchising

What does franchising mean?
Franchising means the establishment, granting, or use of a franchise.
What is franchising the present participle and gerund of?
Franchising is the present participle and gerund of franchise.
What part of speech is franchising?
Franchising is a noun.
What is the plural of franchising?
The plural of franchising is franchisings.

Words near franchising in the dictionary

  1. franchisement
  2. franchisements
  3. franchiser
  4. franchisers
  5. franchises
  6. franchising
  7. franchisings
  8. franchisor
  9. franchisors
  10. Franchitti
  11. Francia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: franchising (page history and authors); franchise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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