building permit

American  

noun

1. an official certificate of permission issued by local authorities to a builder to construct, enlarge, or alter a building.

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Example Sentences

Other U.S. economic data due Friday includes October building permits at 8:30 a.m. and University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey for January at 10:00 a.m.

From MarketWatch

Los Angeles County is issuing building permits within a few months.

From Barron's

On Holdorff Polhill’s block of Iliff Street, the rebuilding process was underway for nine out of 27 destroyed homes as of early December, according to a Times analysis of Los Angeles city building permit records.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, the EU executive hopes to tackle labour shortages through large-scale apprenticeship programmes and ease some environmental rules to speed up building permits.

From Barron's

It is based on 10 components, among them manufacturers’ new orders, building permits for new private housing units, stock prices and consumer expectations, and aims to signal shifts in the business cycle.

From The Wall Street Journal