issue a permit

This page is about the collocation issue a permit

collocation pattern: verb + noun

Meaning

to give somebody an official document that permits them to do something

For example

  • Can you remember who issued the parking permit?

  • His fishing permit was definitely issued earlier this year.

Note:
Related collocations include "grant a permit", "issue a passport", "issue a visa", "issue a ticket", etc.

Quick Quiz

The work permits were issued soon after the workers

a. had approved of them

b. had applied for them

c. had used them
a) had approved of them b) had applied for them c) had used them

Contributor: Matt Errey