sublicense
sublicense noun: a license granted by a licensee to a third party, under the authority of the license originally granted by a licensor to the licensee.
Noun
sublicense (plural sublicenses)
- A license granted by a licensee to a third party, under the authority of the license originally granted by a licensor to the licensee.
- Joe received a license from McDonald's to develop twenty McDonald's restaurants in Dearborn, which included permission to grant a sublicense to the individual restaurant managers.
Verb
sublicense (third-person singular simple present sublicenses, present participle sublicensing, simple past and past participle sublicensed)
- to grant a sublicense
Forms of sublicense
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sublicenses |
| alternative form | sublicence |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sublicenses |
| present participle | sublicensing |
| past participle | sublicensed |
| past | sublicensed |
Origin of sublicense
From sub- + license.
Words formed from sublicense
Questions about sublicense
- What does sublicense mean?
- Sublicense means a license granted by a licensee to a third party, under the authority of the license originally granted by a licensor to the licensee.
- What part of speech is sublicense?
- Sublicense can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of sublicense?
- The plural of sublicense is sublicenses.
Words near sublicense in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sublicense (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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