permit system
Formal approval process
A permit system is an administrative framework requiring official authorization before engaging in certain activities.
Governments use permit systems to regulate building construction, business operations, weapons ownership, or public gatherings.
The term also applies to environmental schemes where companies must hold permits to emit pollutants: The cap-and-trade permit system limits total carbon emissions.
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- red tapeBureaucratic obstacles to action
government office · application · paperwork · fine print · waiting period · background check · quota · regulation · checkpoint · enforcement · inspection · compliance · restriction · access · clearance · stamp · official · gate
- urban infrastructurepower grid, parking lot, highway, water supply, road network
- travel restrictionstravel ban, visa ban, entry ban, border closure, flight ban
- wildlife regulationshunting licenses, fishing season, bag limits, closed season, hunting zone
- canyoneeringrappel, rappelling, abseil, abseiling, slot canyon
- Apartheidapartheid, pass laws, Group Areas Act, passbook, passbooks
- safetysafety helmet, hazard, airbag, alert, occupational safety
permit systemopen access
Free public scholarly content
free access · universal access · public access · free entry · open door policy
permit systemprohibition
Authoritative legal ban
deregulation · self-regulation · honor system · unregulated · unlicensed
permit, system, permits, permitted, permitting, permission, permissive, permissible, impermissible