different between authorise vs license

English

Pronunciation

Verb

authorise (third-person singular simple present authorises, present participle authorising, simple past and past participle authorised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize.

Anagrams

• thioureas

English

Alternative forms

• (British, Canadian, Australian, Irish, South African and New Zealand English) licence (noun)

Etymology

From Old French licence, from Latin licentia (“license”), from licens, present participle of licere (“to be allowed, be allowable”); compare linquere, Ancient Greek ????? (leíp?, “leave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?s?ns/
• Hyphenation: li?cense

Noun

license (countable and uncountable, plural licenses)

1. A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
2. The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
3. Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
4. Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
5. Short for driver's license.

Usage notes

• In British English, Canadian English, Australian English, Irish English, South African English and New Zealand English the noun is spelt licence and the verb is license.
• The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.

Derived terms

Related terms

• licensure
• licentious

Translations

Verb

license (third-person singular simple present licenses, present participle licensing, simple past and past participle licensed)

1. Authorize officially.

2. (transitive) (applied to a piece of intellectual property)
   1. To give formal authorization to use.
   2. To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation.
3. (linguistics, transitive) To permit (as grammatically correct).

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• license in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• license in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Licence in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• selenic, silence