a license to print money
Definition of a license to print money
sometimes disapproving
: a way of making a large amount of money very easily He says that if the new law is passed it will give these companies a license to print money.
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: permission to act
: freedom of action
: a permission granted by competent authority to engage in a business or occupation or in an activity otherwise unlawful
: to issue a license to
: to permit or authorize especially by formal license
: to give permission or consent to : allow
: a mark made by pressure : impression
: something impressed with a print or formed in a mold
: fingerprint
: to impress something in or on
: to stamp (something, such as a mark) in or on something
: to make a copy of by impressing paper against an inked printing surface
: of, relating to, or writing for printed publications
: something generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment: such as
: officially coined or stamped metal currency
: money of account
: involving or reliable in a crucial situation
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