(a.) Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
(a.) A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.
(a.) The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
(v. t.) To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tottenham Hotspur’s £400m redevelopment of White Hart Lane could include a retractable grass pitch as the club explores the possibility of hosting a new NFL franchise.
(2) Taxpayers will pick up an immediate £40m bill for compensating the four shortlisted companies that bid for the west coast franchise.
(3) As for Scotland Soccer Club, Altidore's deputy at franchise level, Steven Fletcher, is gonna be the guy that the hosts will look to kick the soccer ball in to the soccer goal interior.
(4) David Beckham's plan to bring a Major League Soccer franchise to Miami looks to be on life support after the city's mayor, Tomás Regalado, previously a key ally in the project, said no to the construction of a stadium at a prime waterfront site.
(5) The 'prequel' trilogy, featuring Anakin Skywalker's fall to the dark side and the much-maligned Jar Jar Binks, was released between 1999 and 2005 but Lucas has developed the franchise far beyond those six original films.
(6) The first two games from that partnership will be based on the company’s b-tier franchises Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem.
(7) In turn, the franchise provides income for local entrepreneurs who can access direct financing from a local microfinance bank to get started.
(8) In a last-ditch attempt to overturn the award of the west coast rail franchise to FirstGroup, Virgin Trains co-owner Sir Richard Branson has offered to run the service "for free" to allow time for parliamentary scrutiny of the decision.
(9) Train operators fear the revised rail franchise timetable announced in the wake of the west coast fiasco is already slipping as documents for the first contest appear likely to be delayed until autumn.
(10) The cost of a new franchise would extend beyond the $25m for the expansion franchise, such as stadium construction and player acquisitions.
(11) Crozier said the X Factor, which last year recorded its first year-on-year audience decline since launching in 2004 , was one of a number of ITV's ageing entertainment franchises .It was imperative to keep developing new formats.
(12) Restricted franchise in EU referendum would make a mockery of democracy | Letters Read more My own interest in this matter goes back many years – including devoting my maiden speech in the House of Commons in 2001 to the case for lowering the voting age to 16 across the board.
(13) The Liverpool city region has proposed retention of 100% of business rates income and the ability to franchise all local bus services, while Leicester and Leicestershire want devolution of funding and the ability to commission skills programmes locally.
(14) She’s a normal girl thrust into extraordinary circumstances, so it’s very relatable.” Ridley’s leap from bit parts in British TV dramas to the biggest film franchise in the world is a legitimate overnight success.
(15) BSkyB has broken ITV's almost 40-year hold on James Bond films, striking a deal to air the full 22-strong franchise in high definition.
(16) "Our strategy is to run these franchises online, but when we have a linear partner we'll make original content that's exclusive to the linear channel in a window," said chief creative officer Eddy Moretti.
(17) David, Marcelo and Simon are thrilled by the initial outpouring of support we’ve received from our fans and we’re excited about sharing our plans with the city, county and community soon.” The accord comes after almost 18 months of haggling with city lawmakers over the potential location, which had tested the patience of MLS officials and threatened to derail the hopes of an MLS franchise ever coming to the city.
(18) Under Mr Grayling’s plans, new franchises would integrate more closely with NR.
(19) Bidders have spent an estimated £1m each on their bids but, according to one industry source, the process has stalled and franchise owners are being forced to retain expensive but idle bidding teams.
(20) This will give Orlando a major positive as MLS weighs up the options after announcing that the league will expand by four teams, to 24 franchises by 2020 .
Suffrage
Definition:
(n.) A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.
(n.) Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
(n.) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
(n.) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.
(n.) Aid; assistance.
(n.) The right to vote; franchise.
(v. t.) To vote for; to elect.
Example Sentences:
(1) Can the protests, which tried, ultimately without success, to wrestle genuine universal suffrage from Beijing, be called a failure?
(2) This included guaranteeing: independence of the judiciary, the rule of law and our rights and freedoms and, in particular, that we would move steadily towards genuine universal suffrage.
(3) Beijing has promised universal suffrage for elections for the chief executive in 2017 and for the legislature by 2020.
(4) In 1819, the area of Manchester then known as St Peter's Field was the scene of a watershed moment in the struggle for universal suffrage, when around 15 protesters were variously bayoneted, shot and trampled to death in the so-called Peterloo Massacre .
(5) The early suffrage movement wanted to protect women as well as give them a modicum of power.
(6) It also somehow knows that, when I’m at the office, I often listen to Vivaldi concertos on YouTube, that I was (until now) a secret fan of even terrible police procedurals and that I have an interest in – as they term it, but I never have – suffrage, though I’ve neither liked nor posted about any of those things.
(7) Beijing has promised universal suffrage for the election of its chief executive from 2017, but reformers are angry about restrictions that have been imposed on the process, including tight control of candidates by a nomination committee stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists.
(8) It was the first time in the period of mass suffrage that a government had actually increased its majority twice in succession.
(9) Beijing has said it will implement its promise of universal suffrage for the election of the next chief executive in 2017, but protesters say it is “fake” democracy because the candidates will be tightly controlled by a committee stacked with Beijing loyalists.
(10) Wells wasn’t just an African-American civil rights leader, member of the women’s suffrage movement and newspaper editor.
(11) While mainland authorities have promised Hong Kong universal suffrage by 2017 they will only allow a voting system in which they choose the candidates.
(12) The demand on the part of the occupiers when it comes to the constitutional development, especially universal suffrage to elect the chief executive in 2017, is also very clear, so I don’t see any point in resisting the court order.” Protesters have demanded the resignation of Leung and the introduction of civic nominations for elections of the next chief executive in 2017.
(13) Lau reiterated that the framework set out by Beijing for universal suffrage should be followed if Hong Kong wanted electoral reform, the South China Morning Post reported.
(14) Another promise was suffrage, and at the heart of the current movement – called the Umbrella Revolution or Occupy Central – is the demand that Hong Kong residents be allowed to choose Hong Kong’s leaders themselves, instead of having candidates pre-vetted by Beijing.
(15) So that means that our messages, more than ever, need to heard, because there is this delusional element to it all.” She’s right – despite suffrage for women being won almost a century ago, gender inequality remains stubbornly entrenched.
(16) Given the uniform hostility, in a context of recent noises by both senior Liberals and Tories, to the effect that AWSs may have to be introduced if local activists persist in discriminating against women, you can see this developing into a cross-party movement, rather like the old National League for Opposing Woman Suffrage, quoted earlier, dedicated to protecting Westminster from further female colonisation.
(17) Acceptance of the law would have meant that slavery remained legal, that homosexuality was a criminal offence and that women were wrong to campaign for universal suffrage.
(18) "But it does seem a shame to use someone who voted against female suffrage to erase the last woman from our currency."
(19) In terms of fostering debate about the nature of our democracy, well, the impact is limited – and yet an attitude of "politics belongs to the experts", a hangover from the days of restricted suffrage, still lingers.
(20) Gradually, I realised that since the 19th century, the labour movement had awakened interest in what earlier generations of workers had done and thought, and campaigns for women’s suffrage had resulted in both chronicles of emancipation and research into the lives of poor women.