Under a franchise arrangement, a person or company purchases the ability to run a local business under a larger company's brand. Depending on the franchise arrangement, the local party may have to meet certain standards established by the larger company and purchase products from the larger company as well.
Half-cock is when the position of the hammer is partially but not completely cocked.
Dose Quantaties: Absorbed dose, energy deposited in a kilogram of a substance by radiation. Equivalent dose, absorbed dose weighted for the degree of the effect of different radiations (radiation weighting factor wr). Effective dose, equivalent dose weighted for susceptibility to effect of different tissues (tissue weighting factor wt).