licensee
A licensee is the person or entity on the receiving end of a license agreement — the one who gets official permission to use, reproduce, sell, or otherwise exploit something that belongs to someone else, whether it's software, a brand, intellectual property, or a physical location like a pub.
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General Court dismisses Pierre Cardin’s licensee’s appeal contesting fine imposed for restricting cross-border sales of clothing
Licensee Spotlight: Tales from Whitechapel for Savage Worlds https://shop.peginc.com/blogs/news/licensee-spotlight-tales-from-whitechapel-for-savage-worlds
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A licensee is the person or entity on the receiving end of a license agreement — the one who gets official permission to use, reproduce, sell, or otherwise exploit something that belongs to someone else, whether it's software, a brand, intellectual property, or a physical location like a pub. In everyday life you're a licensee every time you click 'I agree' on a software EULA. In hospitality, a licensee specifically means the person legally responsible for running a licensed premises.
As the licensee, she was legally responsible for ensuring no alcohol was served to anyone under 21 on the premises.
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(legal) A person to whom a license is granted.
“General Court dismisses Pierre Cardin’s licensee’s appeal contesting fine imposed for restricting cross-border sales of clothing”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Licensee Spotlight: Tales from Whitechapel for Savage Worlds https://shop.peginc.com/blogs/news/licensee-spotlight-tales-from-whitechapel-for-savage-worlds”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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