Meaning & use
franchise record
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Meanings
nouncountablesport
The best or worst result ever achieved by one professional sports team since it began playing.
Grammar: Countable: use an or the, and the plural is franchise records.
Patterns
- set a franchise record
- break a franchise record
- hold the franchise record for something
The rookie guard set a franchise record with 52 points in a single game.
That season's 14 wins were a franchise record for fewest victories.
She broke the franchise record for career assists last night.
nouncountablebusiness
The official written history of how long a business has operated under a particular brand name.
Grammar: Countable and often used with keep or check; it refers to documentation, not to a sports result.
Patterns
- keep a franchise record
- check the franchise record
The lawyer asked to see the franchise record before the sale went through.
Their franchise record shows the restaurant has traded under the same name since 1974.
Word forms
| plural | franchise records |
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Common combinations
- set a franchise record
- He set a franchise record for the fastest goal of the season.
- break a franchise record
- The team broke a franchise record with its tenth straight home win.
- a franchise record for something
- She now holds the franchise record for most saves in a season.
- tie a franchise record
- Two players tied a franchise record by scoring four goals each.
- a new franchise record
- Ticket sales reached a new franchise record this spring.
Synonyms and how they differ
- club record
- Common in British English and works for any club, while franchise record is typical of American professional leagues.
- team record
- A looser everyday term that can describe any team, including school or amateur sides.
- all-time high
- Used for numbers going up, not for unwanted records such as most losses.
Word family
- franchise noun
- A team or business allowed to use a brand and sell its products.
- franchisee noun
- A person or company that buys the right to run a franchise.
- franchising noun
- The business activity of selling the right to use a brand.
Commonly confused: franchise record or franchise player?
franchise record vs franchise player
A franchise player is a star a team builds around, not a record or statistic; the two phrases sound similar but mean very different things.
Practice
Which sentence uses "franchise record" correctly?
Choose one answer.
"Set a franchise record" is the standard verb-and-noun pattern for achieving a best-ever result. The other options use prepositions and verbs (to, made of, did for) that do not combine naturally with record in this meaning.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “franchise record”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.