a license to print money
noun phrase
sometimes disapproving
: a way of making a large amount of money very easily
He says that if the new law is passed it will give these companies a license to print money.
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Europe, where new EVs will be almost the only new car and SUV sales allowed by 2035, and market share is just over one fifth of the market currently, must seem like a license to print money for Chinese manufacturers.
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Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Anything and everything branded with Bad Bunny’s name is a license to print money.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2026
The Giants are a massive-market team with a license to print money in one of the wealthiest regions on the planet.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 9 Dec. 2025
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Slicing huge cruise ships in half, then welding in an extra segment to lengthen them, is more or less a license to print money for cruise operators – so this 'jumboization' surgery is becoming very common.
—New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2024
The discovery of what Gonzalez believed was a license to print money led him to repeat the swindle again and again in different states—effectively stealing five luxury vehicles worth approximately $560,000 in total.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
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Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Anything and everything branded with Bad Bunny’s name is a license to print money.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2026
The Giants are a massive-market team with a license to print money in one of the wealthiest regions on the planet.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 9 Dec. 2025
Silversea Cruises View 4 Images View gallery - 4 images
Slicing huge cruise ships in half, then welding in an extra segment to lengthen them, is more or less a license to print money for cruise operators – so this 'jumboization' surgery is becoming very common.
—New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2024
The discovery of what Gonzalez believed was a license to print money led him to repeat the swindle again and again in different states—effectively stealing five luxury vehicles worth approximately $560,000 in total.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
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“A license to print money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20license%20to%20print%20money. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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