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  • verb Present participle of franchise.
  • noun The establishment, granting, or use of a franchise.

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Examples

  • Seminar will address what franchising is and its advantages and disadvantages. 6 to 8: 30 p.m.,

    Face Time: D.C. area tech events Post 2010

  • Seminar will address what franchising is and its advantages and disadvantages. 6 to 8: 30 p.m.,

    Face Time: D.C. area tech events Post 2010

  • The problem with franchising is it potentially makes you a harder sell.

    memeorandum + man = flip me « Squash 2005

  • The level of dealer franchising is three times what it was earlier.

    Significant Developments in Our American Economy 1957

  • In this effort, the Company is catering to those many practitioners who are asking for operational support, but cannot afford it and cannot justify signing up for long-term franchising contracts.

    unknown title 2009

  • But here at home, where houses of worship are already as plentiful as suburban strip centers, the same strategy of high-tech franchising is emerging, despite objections from many Christians that it’s the wrong way to reach new converts.

    RNB QuickLinks: Mormons or CIA agents? Jesus in a sink, ethical dogs, the hijood and a black mailbox 2008

  • The Times, for example, has pondered the idea of franchising TheLocal to various communities.

    Peytonplace.com 2009

  • In the early '90s, he created Hospitality Franchise Systems and cleverly capitalized on a nifty thing about big-name franchising operations: they produce lots of cash, without lots of bother about mundane things like assets.

    Corporate Divorce 2008

  • Affiliate franchising occurs when an existing business decides to partner with a franchised business to take advantage of the brand and proven operating system to offer a complimentary, more complex set of services.

    An Alternative to “Do-it-Yourself” Managed Services Thatsnews 2007

  • BLITZER: The so-called franchising of these Al Qaeda operatives, in other words, they've been given the leeway to do what they want, sort of general instructions, to go find targets and do what you want without necessarily getting clearance from Osama bin Laden, assuming he's still in a position to give clearance nowadays.

    CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2002 2002

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