Licensed business that chap's established in country (9)
I believe the answer is:
franchise
'licensed business' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'chap's established in country' is the wordplay.
'chap's' becomes 'his' (possessive pronoun for a male or 'chap').
'established in' is an insertion indicator.
'country' becomes 'france' (France is an example**).
'his' put within 'france' is 'FRANCHISE'.
'that' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for franchise that I've seen before include "The right to vote in a parliamentary election." , "suffrage" , "The right to vote in elections" , "Authorisation to sell a company's goods or services in a specified area" , "Authorisation to engage in specific commercial activity" .)