license fee

noun

An amount of money collected from an individual or an organization by the government or other entity in order to legitimize an activity.

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licensing feelicense tax

Meanings

nounlicense fee (plural license fees)

plural license fees

  1. economicsAn amount of money collected from an individual or an organization by the government or other entity in order to legitimize an activity.

    Synonyms: licensing fee

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn amount of money collected from an individual or an organization by the government or other entity in order to legitimize an activity.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine)

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licensing feelicense tax
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

license fee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/license%20fee

MLA

“license fee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/license%20fee. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “license fee,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/license%20fee.

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