License - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈlaɪsns|  American pronunciation of the word license
Brit.  |ˈlaɪs(ə)ns|  British pronunciation of the word license

noun

- a legal document giving official permission to do something (syn: licence, permit)
- freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) (syn: licence)
- excessive freedom; lack of due restraint (syn: licence)
when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near
the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum
- the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization (syn: permission, permit)

verb

- authorize officially (syn: certify, licence)
I am licensed to practice law in this state

Extra examples

The restaurant's owner applied for a license to sell liquor.

His job as a reporter gives him license to go anywhere and ask anything.

The restaurant has now been licensed to sell liquor.

The company licensed its name to others.

The restaurant is licensed for the sale of beer, but not wine.

The vaccine has been licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration.

The store is licensed to sell beer and wine.

Is the firm licensed to sell securities in Connecticut?

I am licensed to practice law in this state

The numbers and letters on a license plate

She had to practice flying in various weather conditions before she could get her pilot's license.

The police ran a check on the license plate and found out that the car had been stolen.

The restaurant had a license to serve alcohol.

Her license to practice law was suspended.

He's driving with a suspended license.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: license
he/she/it: licenses
present participle: licensing
past tense: licensed
past participle: licensed
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