franchise

franchise

Autorisation de vendre les produits ou services d’une entreprise, généralement sous son nom.

En anglais simple : Permission from a company to sell its products or services, usually using its name.

• She bought a restaurant franchise.
• The franchise agreement lets him use the company name.
• They sell franchises to business owners across the country.

Synonymes : licence

Expressions courantes : buy a franchise, franchise agreement, restaurant franchise

franchise, saga

Ensemble de films, livres, jeux ou séries partageant des personnages ou un univers imaginaire.

En anglais simple : A group of films, books, games, or shows that share characters or an imagined world.

• The franchise includes three films.
• A new game brings familiar characters from the franchise to life.
• The studio plans another sequel in its most successful franchise.

Expressions courantes : film franchise, popular franchise, franchise rights

droit de vote, suffrage

Droit reconnu par la loi de voter lors d’une élection publique.

En anglais simple : The legal right to vote in a public election.

• Women campaigned for the franchise.
• The law extended the franchise to more citizens.
• Property ownership once determined who held the franchise.

Synonymes : suffrage, voting rights

Expressions courantes : extend the franchise, universal franchise, the electoral franchise

concession, privilège

Droit particulier accordé par l’État à une personne, un groupe ou une entreprise.

En anglais simple : A special right given by a government to a person, group, or company.

• The government granted the company a franchise.
• Its franchise allowed it to operate the local railway.
• The city renewed the water company’s franchise for another decade.

Synonymes : concession, privilege

Expressions courantes : grant a franchise, government franchise, railway franchise

franchiser

Autoriser d’autres personnes à vendre les produits ou services de son entreprise, généralement sous son nom.

En anglais simple : Give others permission to sell your company’s products or services, usually under its name.

• They plan to franchise the business.
• The company franchised its restaurants to independent owners.
• Have you considered franchising your brand overseas?

Comment l'utiliser : franchise something to someone (They franchised the brand to local business owners.)

Synonymes : license

Expressions courantes : franchise a business, franchise something to, franchise your brand