(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.
A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee.
A legal exemption from jurisdiction.
A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.
An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.
Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.
The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
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 membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.
The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage, suffragette.
verb
(transitive) To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
(transitive, rare) To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.
fratchety
fratchety
adj
(UK, dialect) argumentative
fraughted
fraughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fraught
frechette
frecklish
frecklish
adj
Having freckles; freckled.
Resembling or characteristic of a freckle.
frederich
freeholds
freeholds
noun
plural of freehold
freesheet
freesheet
noun
(chiefly UK) A free newspaper.
(paper industry) A sheet of paper that does not contain groundwood.
freethink
freewheel
freewheel
noun
a device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft.
verb
(by extension) To operate free from constraints.
(of a cyclist) To ride a bicycle without pedalling, e.g. downhill.
(of a gear) To continue spinning after disengagement.
(of a motorist) To operate a motor vehicle which is coasting without power, e.g. downhill.
freighted
freighted
adj
(also figuratively) Loaded with cargo; charged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freight
freighter
freighter
noun
(aviation, by extension) An aircraft used mainly to carry freight; a cargo aircraft or cargo plane.
(nautical) A vessel used mainly to carry freight; a cargo ship.
One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
One for whom freight is transported.
One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.
frenchier
frenchies
frenchify
frenchify
verb
(intransitive) To become French or more French-like.
(transitive) To make French or more French-like in any way.
(transitive, uncommon) Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.