building permit

1. 1.

   a document authorizing the holder to construct a building of a particular kind on a particular lot

   Broaderlicense

Questions about building permit

What does building permit mean?

building permit means "a document authorizing the holder to construct a building of a particular kind on a particular lot".

Is building permit a common word?

building permit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.