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Licence given for each delegation (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

permission

'licence' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'for each delegation' is the wordplay.
'for each' becomes 'per' (I've seen this before).
'delegation' becomes 'mission' ('mission' can be a synonym of 'delegation').
'per'+'mission'='PERMISSION'

'given' is the link.

(Other definitions for permission that I've seen before include "Visa, eg" , "Allowance" , "Consent, authorisation" , "Leave" , "Green light" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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