'Franchising' definitions:
Definition of 'Franchising'
From: GCIDE
- Franchise \Fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Franchised; p. pr. & vb. n. Franchising.] [Cf. OF. franchir to free, F., to cross.] To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to. --Shak. [1913 Webster]