franchiseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English franchise, fraunchise, from Old French franchise (“freedom”), a derivative of franc (“free”). More at frank.

名詞

franchise (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 franchises)

1. The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage, suffragette.
2. A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.
   • a. 1872, William H. Seward, debate

     Election by universal suffrage, as modified by the Constitution, is the one crowning franchise of the American people.

3. An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.
4. The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.

   McDonald’s has exported its franchise.

5. A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee.
6. A legal exemption from jurisdiction.
7. The membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.
8. The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
   • 1810, James Millar (editor), "Franchise" in Encyclopaedia Britannica

     Churches and monasteries in Spain are franchises for criminals.

9. (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.

   The Whalers' home city of Hartford was one of many for the franchise.

10. (business, marketing) The positive influence on the buying behavior of customers exerted by the reputation of a company or a brand.
    • 2000, John Philip Jones, Behind powerful brands: from strategy to campaign, page 80:

      Once a brand has established a consumer franchise and a brand image, it takes a long time for these to decay, as the image is maintained more by people's personal familiarity with and usage of the brand than by external marketing stimuli.

    • 2002, Robert G. Hagstrom, The Essential Buffett: Timeless Principles for the New Economy, page 26:

      Warren Buffett teaches us that the best business to own, the one with the best long-term prospects is a franchise - one that sells a product or service that is needed or desired, has no close substitute, and yields profits that are unregulated.

    • 2007, Jack L. Treynor, Treynor on institutional investing, page 354:

      Certain other industries have no plant. Value derives entirely from brand franchise. (Consulting firms, engineering firms, かつ advertising agencies do not talk about the value of their franchise. Instead, they talk about "reputation".)

11. The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular fictional universe, including literary, film, or television series from various sources, generally when all authorized by a copyright holder or similar authority.

    the Star Wars franchise

12. Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:

      Ye […] the love of ladies foule defame;
      To whom the world this franchise ever yeelded,
      That of their loves choise they might freedom clame.

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

同意語

• (business operating under franchise): franchisee, concession

派生語

語源 2

From Middle English franchisen, fraunchisen, from Old French franchir (stem franchiss-, “to set free”), from franc (“free”). More at frank.

動詞

franchise (三人称単数 現在形 franchises, 現在分詞 franchising, 過去形および過去分詞形 franchised)

1. (transitive) To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
2. (transitive, rare) To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.