n.
1.an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
2.a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
3.a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) franchise v.
1.grant a franchise to
Idiom of the Day
smoke (something) out or smoke out (something)
to find out the facts about something
We finally were able to smoke out the reason why our boss left the company.
