franchisor
noun
fran·chi·sor
| \ ˌfran-ˌchī-ˈzȯr
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Definition of franchisor
: one that grants a franchise
Examples of franchisor in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
No poach agreements are often forged between large corporate franchisors, like IHOP, and their franchisees, usually unbeknown to the worker. — Cory Booker, Time, "Cory Booker: A Waitress I Knew Made $2.13 an Hour. I Wish She Lived to Get a Fair Shake in This Economy," 2 Sep. 2019 Unlike a standalone business that looks out for itself, a franchise must advance the best interests of the franchisor and the joint venture as a whole. — Michael Mccann, SI.com, "Behind the Numbers: Analyzing Joseph Tsai's Proposal to Own the Brooklyn Nets," 15 Aug. 2019 Franchisee becomes the franchisor Less than a year before opening his 1,000th restaurant, Perales was eyeing a purchase of Taco Bueno, a storied Tex-Mex fast-food company that started in Abilene in 1967. — Dallas News, "Dallas' franchise king Guillermo Perales just opened his 1,000th store – and he's not done growing yet," 1 Aug. 2019 One franchisor estimated that its training costs increased 300% to 400% because of BFI. — Neil Bradley And Robert Cresanti, WSJ, "The NLRB May Reverse A Job-Killing Regulation," 13 Jan. 2019 Most important part about opening a franchise is to understand that franchisor fees come off gross sales, not net sales. — Michelle R. Martinelli, For The Win, "Lions' WR Marvin Jones Jr. destroys Darren Rovell for questioning his new cake shop," 10 May 2018 This franchisor, for example, takes 9% of gross sales for a marketing and royalty fee. — Michelle R. Martinelli, For The Win, "Lions' WR Marvin Jones Jr. destroys Darren Rovell for questioning his new cake shop," 10 May 2018 The company has reversed its consolidation with distributors and bottlers in recent years and sought regional franchisors to take over. — Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, "600 Philly drivers prepared to strike Coca-Cola over plan to ax pension," 30 Apr. 2018 Kim, a leading Smoothie King franchisor in South Korea, purchased the company for $50 million from its founder in 2012. — Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, "Smoothie King is moving its headquarters to Dallas: report," 24 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'franchisor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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franchisor
noun
fran·chi·sor
| \ ˌfran-ˌchī-ˈzȯr, ˈfran-ˌchī-zər
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variants:
also franchiser \ ˈfran-ˌchī-zər
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Legal Definition of franchisor
: one granting a franchise
also
: franchisee