A special privilege given by government to a corporation or an individual to engage in a particular activity using public facilities, especially to provide a public service such as transportation or communications, A brand name under which a series of products is released, A professional sports team, transitive verb_ To grant a franchise to, To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to, verb_ grant a franchise to

To cross (a body of water) by a ferry, To cross a body of water on or as if on a ferry, transitive verb_ To convey back and forth regularly between two points in a vehicle, To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat, verb_ travel by ferry, transport from one place to another, noun_ A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry, A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc, charging tolls