feastfranchise

/ˈfiːstˌfræntʃaɪz/nounVerified New

The election-eve economy of food, fuel, and cash distributed to purchase turnout where monitoring is weak.

The market opens days before the vote and closes with it. Prices are public; receipts are not.

Etym. — feast + franchise, using franchise in its older sense of the right to vote; the compound names what the one buys of the other.

Novelty check: NEW · checked 2026-11-08

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