Meaning of licence to print money | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see licence, to, print, money.
2. A means of generating a large income with little effort.
   colloquial, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Owning a machine tool plant, it was said, was almost as good as a license to print money.”

“the rather casual remark of Lord Thomson, referring to his holding in Scottish Television, that the television contract was 'a licence to print money' was much quoted”

“More competition means ITV's glory days are long gone - and the new company's bosses know they will have to fight hard to regain the old licence to print money.”

CEFR level