export licence
noun[C]
UK(USexport license)ukus(alsoexport permit)COMMERCE,LAW
anofficialdocumentthat gives youpermissiontosendsomething out of thecountryforsale:
Thegovernmentwill notissueanexportlicenceif there is aclearriskthat theproposedexportmight be used forinternalrepression.
Anycompanythatwantstoexportnaturalgasmustapplyfor anexportpermit.