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.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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