Franchise vs. Branch

Franchisenoun

The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage, suffragette.

Franchisenoun

An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.

Franchisenoun

The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.

Franchisenoun

A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee.

Franchisenoun

A legal exemption from jurisdiction.

Franchisenoun

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

Franchisenoun

(sports) The collection of organizations in the history of a sports team; the tradition of a sports team as an entity, extending beyond the contemporary organization.

Franchisenoun

The positive influence on the buying behavior of customers exerted by the reputation of a company or a brand.

Franchisenoun

The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular universe, including literary, film, or television series from various sources.

Franchisenoun

Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

Franchiseverb

(transitive) To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.

Franchiseverb

To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.

Franchisenoun

Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

Franchisenoun

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.

Franchisenoun

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

Franchisenoun

Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.

Franchiseverb

To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.

Franchisenoun

an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place

Franchisenoun

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

Franchisenoun

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

Franchiseverb

grant a franchise to

Branchnoun

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

Branchnoun

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

Branchnoun

A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. compare Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia run, and New York and New England brook.

Branchnoun

(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

Branchnoun

A location of an organization with several locations.

Branchnoun

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.

Branchnoun

(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.

Branchnoun

An area in business or of knowledge, research.

Branchnoun

(nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.

Branchnoun

(computer architecture) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.

Branchnoun

(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.

Branchverb

(intransitive) To produce branches.

Branchverb

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.

Branchverb

To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.

Branchnoun

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

Branchnoun

Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.

Branchnoun

Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.

Branchnoun

One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.

Branchnoun

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.

Branchnoun

A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.

Branchadjective

Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.

Branchverb

To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.

Branchverb

To divide into separate parts or subdivision.

Branchverb

To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.

Branchverb

To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.

Branchnoun

an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization;

Branchnoun

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

Branchnoun

a part of a forked or branching shape;

Branchnoun

a natural consequence of development

Branchnoun

a stream or river connected to a larger one

Branchnoun

any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;

Branchverb

grow and send out branches or branch-like structures;

Branchverb

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;

Branchnoun

a part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough

Branchnoun

a lateral extension or subdivision extending from the main part of a river, road, railway, etc.

Branchnoun

a division or office of a large business or organization, operating locally or having a particular function

Branchnoun

a conceptual subdivision of a family, subject, group of languages, etc.

Branchverb

(of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions

Branchverb

diverge from the main route or part

Branchverb

extend or expand one's activities or interests in a new direction

Branchverb

(of a tree or plant) bear or send out branches

Branch

A branch (UK: or UK: , US: ) or tree branch (sometimes referred to in botany as a ramus) is a woody structural member connected to but not part of the central trunk of a tree (or sometimes a shrub). Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs.