license fee
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈlaɪsəns fi/
- US
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tasa de licencia
- Businesses must pay a license fee to legally operate within city limits.
- pay a license fee
- charging a license fee
Stop paying your license fee, stop paying your BBC license fee.
- Stop paying your license fee, stop paying your BBC license fee.
- My views on the BBC are held by the vast majority of this country who think that licence fee reform should happen.
- And it was like, I mean, people are going to be, you know, saying I'm not paying my license fee for BBC crew.
- And it's not like I like I'm I'm selling the film right now to HBOI didn't know HBO was going to want the movie or pay a good license fee for it.
- And it's not like I like I'm I'm selling the film right now at HBOI didn't know HBO was going to want the movie or pay a good license fee for it.
- If you're paying a driver's license fee, you're you're paying fees on tobacco, fees on and alcohol because it that's just an easier way to pilk taxpayers.
Examples
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We also found that charging a license fee for a product was not a guarantee of financial sustainability.
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Several days after the demonstration, longshoremen willing and able to pay the three-dollar license fee trickled back to work, and the dispute ended.
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But in Colorado, food service license fees are set by state law.
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But there are still some concerns about the high license fees attached to it.
Blog text (5) -
Stop paying your license fee, stop paying your BBC license fee.
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And the BBC is supported by the taxpayers and license fees collected in the UK.
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One of the first pieces of legislation proposed was to triple the license fees for automotive registration.
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The only other thing you didn't include is the local license fee and taxes.
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So, it's entirely reasonable to ask other newspapers to pay a license fee to reprint.
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My bill with Solavei is $59.13 after a $4.45 local license fee and $5.68 in taxes.
Blog text (20)
Synonyms
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1.0
Money paid for a service or right
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3.4
A payment to a government or other official group for permission to do an activity
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5.2
A fee the government charges to get permission to sell things or do some jobs
How Large
- US
4
3.1
9
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derivable from 'license' (official authorization) + 'fee' (a sum paid): it denotes the payment required to obtain a license. This noun+noun compound follows a transparent modifier-head pattern and has clear parallels in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
License fee comes from the simple image of getting a small card called a license by paying a fee. So, it means the payment you make to get 'permission' to do a job, sell something, or run a business.