franchise
noun
a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government.
had been franchising
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past perfect progressiveof franchise.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The man was thrown out, though later it emerged that a bent management had been franchising Little Richard lookalikes around the world.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2012
