Collocations for licence - noun

valid
full
special
compulsory (esp. AmE)
driver's (AmE), driving (BrE), pilot (AmE), pilot's (esp. BrE)
car
marriage
business, commercial, export, import, operating, trade, trading
The government is currently granting no operating licences to foreign companies.

casino, gaming
fishing, hunting
television, TV (both in the UK)
gun
software
entertainment, music
The bar was refused a music licence.

hotel, liquor (AmE), refreshment, restaurant
medical, teaching
exclusive

have, hold
You have to have a licence to sell beer.
Applicants must hold a valid driving/driver's licence.

buy, gain (formal), get, obtain, receive, win
She gained her private pilot's licence.
I got my licence when I was eighteen.

apply for, make an application for
award (sb), grant (sb), issue (sb)
deny sb, refuse sb
revoke, suspend, take away
He's had his licence taken away.

renew
lose
She lost her driving licence when she was caught over the limit.

expire, run out
The licence expires at the end of the year.

fee
holder
number, plate (both AmE)
agreement
application

in a/the licence
All these details are specified in the licence.

under a/the licence
The weapons were exported under a special export licence.

under licence
They are Italian trains, but they will be built in Germany under licence.

licence for
a licence for software manufacture

licence from
a licence from the Performing Rights Society

the holder of a licence