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license
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)
- A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
- Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
- Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
- 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)
- Authorize officially.
- (transitive) (applied to a piece of intellectual property)
- To give formal authorization to use.
- To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation.
- To give formal authorization to use.
- (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
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authorisation
English
Noun
authorisation (countable and uncountable, plural authorisations)
- Alternative spelling of authorization
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