Glossary
- Acknowledgement of Receipt
- Advertising Co-op
- Advertising Commitment
- Advertising Contribution
- Advertising Fee
- Advertising Fund
- Agent
- Angel Investor
- Antitrust Law
- Approval | Consent
- Approved Supplier | Vendor
- Arbitration
- Area Developer
- Area Representative
- Assignment
- Bona Fide Wholesale Price
- Breakaway Franchisee
- Bundle of Rights
- Business Broker
- Business Format Franchising
- Business Opportunity Laws
- Business Plan
- Business Valuation
- Buy-back Option
- Camera-ready Advertising
- Cash-flow Projections
- Cash/Initial Cash Required
- Commitment Agreement
- Company-owned Outlet
- Competing Operation
- Comprehensive Franchising
- Conversion Franchising
- Copyright
- Covenant of Good Faith | Fair Dealing
- Covenants Against Competition
- Decision-making Matrix
- Default
- Deferred Balance
- Demographics
- Designated Supplier/Vendor
- Development Agent
- Development Agreement
- Development Fee
- Development Rights
- Development Schedule
- Disclosure Document
- Discovery Day
- Discrimination
- Distributor
- Downpayment
- Dual Distribution
- Due Diligence
- Earnings Claim
- Encroachment
- Entrepreneur
- Equity Interest
- Estimated Initial Investment
- Exclusive Territory
- Expiration of Term
- Facility
- FDD
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Fiduciary Duty
- Field Representative
- Financial Forecast
- Financial Performance Representation
- First Personal Meeting
- Forum Selection
- Fractional Franchise
- Franchise
- Franchise Agreement/Contract
- Franchise Broker
- Franchise Coach
- Franchise Company
- Franchise Consultant
- Franchise Disclosure Document
- Franchise Disclosure Laws
- Franchise Fee
- Franchise Owner
- Franchise Relationship Laws
- Franchise Representative
- Franchise Rule
- Franchise Sales Material
- Franchise Salesperson
- Franchise Term
- Franchised Outlet/Unit
- Franchisee
- Franchisee Advisory Board
- Franchisee Association
- Franchisee Training
- Franchisee Validation
- Franchisee/Franchisor Relations
- Franchising
- Franchisor
- FTC Advisory Opinion
- FTC Disclosure Document
- FTC Franchise Rule
- Full-Time Work Requirement
- Good Cause
- Goodwill
- Gross Sales
- Group Purchasing Power
- Guarantee
- Household Cash Flow
- Independent Contractor
- Infringement
- Initial Fee
- Initial Investment
- Injunction
- International Franchise Association (IFA)
- International Franchising
- Investment/Equity Investment
- Joint and Several Liability
- Lanham Act
- Lease Security Payment
- Letter of Intent
- License Fee
- Licensee
- Licensor
- Liquid Assets
- Liquid Capital
- Location
- Logotype
- Management Fee
- Manager Operated/Run
- Marketing Plan
- Master Franchisee
- Maximum Investment Level
- Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)
- Multiunit Franchisee
- Mutual Evaluation Process
- Net Worth
- Non-compete Clause
- Offering Circular
- Offering Prospectus
- Opening Costs
- Operating Controls
- Operations Manual
- Owner Benefit
- Per Se
- Personal Living Expenses
- Pre-opening Promotion
- Preferred lender
- Price Fixing
- Principal Register
- Product Liability
- Product Specifications
- Product Standardization
- Profit Projections
- Prospectus
- Protected Area
- Protected Territory
- Public Offering Prospectus
- Purchasing Power
- Pure Franchising
- Quality Control
- Reasonable Request
- Registration
- Registration State
- Relevant Market
- Renewable Option
- Renewal
- Right of First Refusal
- Royalty Fee
- Rule of Reason
- SBA Certified Bank
- SBA Guaranteed Loan
- Service Fees
- Service Franchising
- Service Mark
- Site
- Site Selection
- Standardized Operating Procedures
- Start-up Costs
- State Addendum
- State Franchise Laws
- Sub Franchisor
- Supplemental Register
- Termination
- Termination Legislation
- Territorial Restrictions
- Total Investment
- Trade Dress
- Trade name
- Trade Secret
- Trademark
- Training Cost/Expense
- Transfer Rights
- Turn-key Operation
- Tying
- Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC)
- Unilateral Termination
- Variable Cost
- Venture Capital
- Vertical Restraints
- Vicarious Liability
- Vision Statement
- Waiver
- Working Capital