Sublicense

Alternative forms

• sublicence

Full definition of sublicense

Noun

1. (legal) a license granted by a licensee to a third party, under the authority of the license originally granted by a licensor to the licenseeJoe 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

1. (legal) to grant a sublicense