work permit Meaning of "work permit"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a legal document giving information required for employment of certain people in certain countries

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Usage(s):

  1. She automatically received a full work permit as I was an LBS student, and the school provided a relevant letter to arrange it.
  2. Since no one would ask him for his work permit if he ran the operation, he decided that it was easier to start his own company.
  3. When Robert Chanke, an elderly Negro from upcountry Transvaal, shuffled into their room seeking a work permit, the white clerks tried to make him admit illegal entry from Rhodesia.
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