1. a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine); [syn: licensing fee, license fee, license tax]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
license tax
n 1: a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being
licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing
medicine) [syn: licensing fee, license fee, license
tax]