a licence to print money

  • 1licence to print money — usually DISAPPROVING ► a situation in which a person or organization is given the permission or opportunity to become very rich without much effort: »Healthcare should not be seen as a licence to print money for the private sector. Main Entry:… …

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  • 2licence to print money —    An officially authorized activity which enables people to make a lot of money without much effort is called a licence to print money.     The contract to supply computers to schools was a licence to print money …

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  • 3(a) licence to print money — a licence to print money informal phrase a way of making a very large amount of money easily Thesaurus: relating to making profitsynonym Main entry: licence * * * a licence to print ˈmoney idiom ( …

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  • 4licence to print money — noun a) A means of generating a large income with little effort. b) The authority to print money, usually given to a central bank exclusively as the issuer of currency …

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  • 5be a licence to print money — British & Australian, American if a company or activity is a licence to print money, it causes people to become very rich without having to make any effort. These shopping channels are just a licence to print money …

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  • 6a licence to print money — informal a way of making a very large amount of money easily …

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  • 7licence — A paper or electronic document issued by the competent authority, authorizing and requiring the import or export of the goods specified and/or imposing other special requirements as necessary. HM Customs & Revenue Glossary * * * licence li‧cence… …

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  • 8print — 1 /prInt/ verb 1 WORDS BY MACHINE a) (I, T) to produce words, numbers, or pictures on paper, using a machine which puts ink onto the surface: That s what your letter s going to look like when it s printed. | Press this key to print a copy of the… …

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  • 9licence — li|cence W2S3 BrE license AmE [ˈlaısəns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(document)¦ 2¦(agreement)¦ 3¦(freedom)¦ 4 artistic/poetic licence 5¦(excuse)¦ 6 licence to print money ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(DO …

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  • 10print — [[t]prɪ̱nt[/t]] ♦♦ prints, printing, printed 1) VERB If someone prints something such as a book or newspaper, they produce it in large quantities using a machine. [V n] He started to print his own posters to distribute abroad... [V n] The Slovene …

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