Franchise vs. Suffrage

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

Suffragenoun

(uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.

Suffragenoun

(countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.

Suffragenoun

The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy.

Suffragenoun

(US) The right of women to vote.

Suffragenoun

A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.

Suffragenoun

A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.

Suffragenoun

(uncountable) Aid, intercession.

Suffragenoun

Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.

Suffragenoun

A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.

Suffragenoun

Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.

Suffragenoun

A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.

Suffragenoun

Aid; assistance.

Suffragenoun

The right to vote; franchise.

Suffrageverb

To vote for; to elect.

Suffragenoun

a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment;

Suffragenoun

the right to vote in political elections

Suffragenoun

a vote given in assent to a proposal or in favour of the election of a particular person

Suffragenoun

(in the Book of Common Prayer) the intercessory petitions pronounced by a priest in the Litany.

Suffragenoun

a series of petitions pronounced by the priest with the responses of the congregation.

Suffragenoun

intercessory prayers, especially those for the dead.

Suffrage

Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to vote is called active suffrage, as distinct from passive suffrage, which is the right to stand for election.