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Nouns (6)

n. a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)

franchise

n. an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place

dealership

n. a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area

vote, suffrage, right to vote

n. a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; strengthen by the Voting Rights Act of 1965; "American women got the vote in 1920"

Verbs (1)

franchise

v. grant a franchise to

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Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (3)

ballot

n. a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting

ballot

n. a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting

say

n. the chance to speak; "let him have his say"

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franchise

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