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licence raj

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
li-cence raj
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Bureaucracy in the licensing of businesses, especially the situation after Indian independence and before 1991.

Indian usage

Etymology

Coined by Indian politician and activist C. Rajagopalachari.

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Licence Raj (canonical) License Raj (alternative) Permit Raj (alternative)

Synonyms

Permit Raj

Questions

What does licence raj mean?
Bureaucracy in the licensing of businesses, especially the situation after Indian independence and before 1991.
Where does licence raj come from?
Coined by Indian politician and activist C. Rajagopalachari.

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