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Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. simple past tense and past participle of franchise.
Etymologies
- Middle English fraunchise, from Old French franchise, from franche, feminine of franc, free, exempt; see frank1.
Examples
“I snapped this photo the other day while walking by the Original Soup Man chain (franchised from the original Soup Nazi on Seinfeld) …”
“And you have to wonder if the Dolphins - especially with the likely scenario of the top free safety in free agency, O.J. Atogwe, getting either signed to a long-term deal with the Rams or being "franchised" - would be willing to take a safety in the first round.”
“The demonstrations mark the start of what is expected to be a drawn-out battle that protest organizers have called Occupy Nigeria, adopting the brand name franchised by the Wall Street protests against economic inequality.”
“A so-called franchised qb should have been able to AT LEAST BEAT the lowly Raiders AT HOME.”
“As Norton got older and her work more "franchised" I found it less interesting.”
“Can anyone tell me, please, how it is that those who once felt "franchised" now feel "disenfranchised" because a single door has been opened to allow others at the table of grace?”
“The movie itself, therefore, represents a kind of franchised marketing of what she sold exclusively to Redford: 10 million of us each chip in seven bucks, and Demi Moore takes off her clothes for us.”
“Here we find a development of that vision of what Figgis along with others called the 'community of communities' as the basic Christian political model: the community of communities, the network of networks, standing with, alongside, the state, not 'franchised' by the state or controlled by the state, but representing that – as Figgis would have seen it – inalienable liberty of the agent, the citizen, to work cooperatively and live and understand cooperatively.”
Archbishop's lecture celebrating 60th Anniversary of the William Temple Foundation
“Indianapolis Colts running back Edgerrin James might also avoid being "franchised" again to headline the market.”
USATODAY.com - Offseason's big subject: Where Eagle will land
“For too long we've told ourselves that al Qaeda no longer exists except as a brand; that it is only a pure signifier, "franchised" by local organizations independent of one another.”
The Wall Street Journal: Let's Give Pakistan the Attention It Deserves
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