franchise
noun
a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government.
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Take the episode “Sebastian’s,” in which Ramsay confronts the owner of a pizza restaurant so obsessed with the potential franchisability of his high-concept menu that he fails to see frozen pizza dough as a liability.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2020