1. a license granted by a licensee to a third party, conveying some or all of the rights received under the original license
Usage: legal; business

1. to grant a sublicense to someone; to license rights that one has received under a license from another party
Usage: legal; business

Examples

• The software company issued a sublicense to the distributor.
• Under the agreement, they cannot sublicense the technology without permission.
• The sublicense allows limited use of the patented process.
• She decided to sublicense her music rights to a streaming service.
• The original license prohibited any sublicense arrangements.
• They obtained a sublicense to manufacture the product locally.