"franchisee" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2019 October, Philip Sherratt, “Midland Main Line upgrade presses on”, in Modern Railways, page 60",
          "text": "The critical milestone is the December 2020 timetable, when new franchisee East Midlands Railway is due to start operating electric trains southwards from Corby into London St Pancras.",
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        "A holder of a franchise; a person who is granted a franchise."
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "holder of a franchise",
          "word": "franchisenemer"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "holder of a franchise",
          "word": "toimiluvan ottaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "holder of a franchise",
          "word": "luvakkeenottaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "holder of a franchise",
          "word": "franchising-ottaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "holder of a franchise",
          "word": "franchisen ottaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "holder of a franchise",
          "word": "Franchisenehmer"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "holder of a franchise",
          "word": "フランチャイジー"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "holder of a franchise",
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          "word": "franquiciado"
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          "sense": "holder of a franchise",
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          "word": "franquiciado"
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          "sense": "holder of a franchise",
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          "word": "franquiciatario"
        },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "holder of a franchise",
          "word": "franchisetagare"
        }
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  "word": "franchisee"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "holder of a franchise",
      "word": "franchisenemer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "holder of a franchise",
      "word": "toimiluvan ottaja"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "holder of a franchise",
      "word": "luvakkeenottaja"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "holder of a franchise",
      "word": "franchising-ottaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "holder of a franchise",
      "word": "franchisen ottaja"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "holder of a franchise",
      "word": "Franchisenehmer"
    },
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "holder of a franchise",
      "word": "フランチャイジー"
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      "word": "franquiciado"
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      "word": "franquiciado"
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      "word": "franquiciatario"
    },
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      "sense": "holder of a franchise",
      "word": "franchisetagare"
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