license

license
li|cense1 [ `laısns ] noun ***
1. ) count an official document that gives someone permission to do or use something:
a driver's license
a restaurant that has no liquor license
She was arrested for practicing medicine without a license.
lose your license (=be no longer allowed to do something): Anyone caught driving dangerously will automatically lose their license.
2. ) uncount FORMAL official permission for someone to do something
a ) count or uncount FORMAL freedom to say or do what you want:
The designers were allowed a lot of creative license.
b ) freedom in art or literature to do things that are not traditional, real, or accurate in order to create impressive effects:
poetic license
a license to do something INFORMAL
permission to do something that is wrong or illegal
a license to print money INFORMAL
a way of making a very large amount of money
under license
if a product is sold under license, it is made or sold with the permission of the company that usually makes it
license
li|cense 2 [ `laısns ] verb transitive often passive *
1. ) if someone is licensed to do something, they have official permission to do it from a government, business, or other authority:
The store is not licensed to sell alcohol.
Are you licensed to carry a firearm?
2. ) if something is licensed, people have official permission to use it:
The vaccine was licensed in 1986 by the Food and Drug Administration.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • license — li·cense 1 / līs əns/ n [Anglo French, literally, permission, from Old French, from Latin licentia, from licent licens, present participle of licēre to be permitted, be for sale] 1 a: a right or permission granted by a competent authority (as of… …   Law dictionary

  • license — li‧cense [ˈlaɪsns] also licence verb [transitive] LAW 1. to give official permission for someone to do something or for an activity to take place: • The building contractors we hired were licensed by the General Service Administration …   Financial and business terms

  • License — Li cense (l[imac] sens), n. [Written also {licence}.] [F. licence, L. licentia, fr. licere to be permitted, prob. orig., to be left free to one; akin to linquere to leave. See {Loan}, and cf. {Illicit}, {Leisure}.] 1. Authority or liberty given… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • license — or licence [lī′səns] n. [OFr < L licentia < licens, prp. of licere, to be permitted: see LEISURE] 1. a formal permission to do something; esp. authorization by law to do some specified thing [license to marry, practice medicine, hunt, etc.] …   English World dictionary

  • License — Li cense (l[imac] sens), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Licensed} (l[imac] senst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Licensing}.] To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach. Milton. Shak. Syn: licence, certify. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • license — [n1] authority, permission authorization, carte blanche*, certificate, charter, consent, dispensation, entitlement, exemption, freedom, go ahead*, grant, green light*, immunity, independence, latitude, leave, liberty, okay*, permit, privilege,… …   New thesaurus

  • license# — license n liberty, *freedom Analogous words: *exemption, immunity: looseness, laxity, slackness, relaxedness or relaxation (see corresponding adjectives at LOOSE): privilege, prerogative (see RIGHT) Antonyms: decorum Contrasted words: *obligation …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • License — (engl., spr. leißens), s. Ticket of leave …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • License — См. Лицензия Термины атомной энергетики. Концерн Росэнергоатом, 2010 …   Термины атомной энергетики

  • license — see LICENCE (Cf. licence). Related: Licensed; licensing …   Etymology dictionary

  • license — (also licence) ► VERB 1) grant a licence to. 2) authorize. DERIVATIVES licensable adjective licenser (also licensor) noun. ORIGIN from LICENCE(Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

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