operating license
Official business permit
An operating license is official authorization from a government or regulatory body permitting a business, facility, or individual to conduct specific activities.
Nuclear power plants require operating licenses from safety regulators.
Restaurants need operating licenses from health departments.
The term emphasizes ongoing permission to function rather than one-time approval: The plant's operating license expires in 2030.
- permitOfficial written authorization
- business permitAuthorization to conduct commerce
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- authorizationFormal permission granted
franchise · charter · regulatory · compliance · renewal · expiration date · revocation · inspection · background check · health department · food service · application · bureau · agency · fee · business · commercial · professional
- paperworkinvoice, permit, documents, filing, files
- permits and licensesbuilding permit, work permit, gun permit, concealed carry, health permit
- mining permits
- nuclear regulationnuclear policy, nuclear facilities, IAEA, radiation protection, safety standards
- business taxestax returns, tax filing, tax deductions, deductions, taxable income
- mining recordsgeological survey, survey map
operating licenselicense revocation
Formal withdrawal of permission
revoked license · suspended license · license suspension · disqualification · shutdown order
operating licenseinjunction
Court-ordered behavioral requirement
restraining order · ban · prohibition · embargo · moratorium
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