
What Does “licence to print money” mean?
Definition:
If a company or activity is a licence to print money, it generates a lot of money without much effort.
NOTE:
Licence or license?
In American English, the noun and the verb are spelt similarly: license. However, in British English, the noun is spelt licence while the verb is spelt license.
Example(s)
Advertising companies are just a licence to print money.
Real estate companies are given a license to print money.
The newly adopted law is just a license to print money.
This idiom is in the money category.