牌照 (pái zhào): (business) license; vehicle license; car registration; license plate

This small restaurant was ordered to shut down last month by the authorities because it had never obtained a health license.

Ride-hailing drivers must hold both a driver's license and an operating license; otherwise, the platform won't assign them any orders.

In order to expand his business, he spent a lot of money applying for an import-export license.

Without the relevant license, a financial company is not allowed to sell wealth management products to the public.