Franchise vs. Corporation

Franchisenoun

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

Franchisenoun

A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.

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 membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.

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.

Franchisenoun

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

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

Corporationnoun

A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

Corporationnoun

(UK) The municipal governing body of a borough or city, in force since 1974 and obsolete except in the City of London.

Corporationnoun

(historical) In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.

Corporationnoun

A protruding belly; a paunch.

Corporationnoun

A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual.

Corporationnoun

a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

Corporationnoun

slang terms for a paunch

Corporation

A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law a legal person in legal context) and recognized as such in law for certain purposes. Early incorporated entities were established by charter (i.e.