license, n.
(licenses)
freq. cnt. 7
(licenses)
freq. cnt. 7
a legal document giving official permission to do something
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4
licence license permit
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building permit
driver's license, driver's licence, driving license, driving licence
fishing license, fishing licence, fishing permit
hunting license, hunting licence, hunting permit, game license
learner's permit
letter of marque, letters of marque, letter of mark and reprisal
liquor license, liquor licence
marriage license, marriage licence, wedding license, wedding licence
occupation license, occupation licence
pass, liberty chit
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
licence license
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the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
license permission permit
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excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
<noun.state>
licence license
sample sentences
"when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant"the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
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