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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

프랜차이즈

Pronunciation / Transliteration: peuraenchaijeu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Franchise/ˈfræn.tʃaɪz/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 유명한 커피 프랜차이즈를 운영하고 있습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An authorization granted by a company to a independent distributor or merchant to sell its products or services in a particular area.

    "He decided to open a fast-food franchise in the downtown area."
  2. 2

    A series of media works, such as movies, video games, or books, produced under the same commercial title.

    "The studio is planning to expand the superhero movie franchise with two new sequels."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French 'franchise', meaning liberty or freedom, originating from 'franc', meaning free. Historically, it evolved to denote a grant of immunity or a special privilege granted by a sovereign, later shifting in commercial contexts to mean authorization to sell a company's goods or services.

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