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- 1 A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. US, countable, uncountable
"Hello. I would like to buy a fish licence please."
- 2 the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization wordnet
- 3 The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software. US, countable, uncountable
"Thus, while the license will grant the user the right to use the software, a major concern is the scope of that use. For example, will the user be granted the right to copy, modify, or transfer the software?"
- 4 a legal document giving official permission to do something wordnet
- 5 Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech). US, countable, uncountable
"In some instances, the author took license to include events which never happened, or to purposely create events which may run in the face of popular conjecture if the author felt it would help the story along."
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- 6 freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) wordnet
- 7 Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. US, countable, uncountable
"I envy not the beast that takes His license in the field of time, Unfetter’d by the sense of crime, To whom a conscience never wakes; […]"
- 8 excessive freedom; lack of due restraint wordnet
- 9 Ellipsis of driver's license. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
"In order to enter the building, I need to show my license."
- 1 To authorize officially. US
"I am licensed to practice law in this state."
- 2 authorize officially wordnet
- 3 (applied to a piece of intellectual property); To give formal authorization to use. US, transitive
"It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL."
- 4 (applied to a piece of intellectual property); To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation. US, transitive
"The filmmakers licensed several iconic 80's songs for the soundtrack."
- 5 To give permission or freedom to; accept. US, transitive
"Intruders there were in Harley Street, of whom it was not aware; but Mr and Mrs Merdle it delighted to honour. Society was aware of Mr and Mrs Merdle. Society had said ‘Let us license them; let us know them.’"
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- 6 To permit (as grammatically correct). US, transitive
"No English adverbs have mandatory complements, and most don't even license optional ones."
Etymology
From Middle English licence, licens, lisence, lissens, licance, from Old French licence, from Latin licentia (“license”), from licens, present participle of licere (“to be allowed, be allowable”); compare linquere, Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave”).
From Middle English licencen, licensen, lisensen, licent, from Old French licencer, licencier, licenciier, licenser, from Medieval Latin licentiō (cf. English licentiate).
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