permit holder

Someone with clearance

A permit holder is someone who has been granted official authorization to do something that would otherwise be restricted or prohibited.

The term appears in contexts ranging from parking permit holders only to firearms licensing concealed carry permit holders to immigration work permit holders.

The phrase emphasizes the documented, authorized status of the person.

Opposites
authorization status

permit holderviolator

One who breaks rules

trespasser · offender · poacher · scofflaw · squatter

access rights

permit holdergeneral public

People as a whole

non-member · outsider · member of the public · ordinary citizen · layperson

regulatory role

permit holderlicensing authority

Entity granting official permits

regulator · enforcement officer · inspector · grantor · licensing board

Family

permit, holder, permits, permitted, permitting, permissible, permissibility, permission, permissions

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