license

Definitions

1. A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
   US, countable, uncountable
2. permission
3. The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
   US, countable, uncountable
4. Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
   US, countable, uncountable
5. leave (absence from work)
6. excuse me, pardon
7. Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
   US, countable, uncountable
8. first-person singular present indicative of permisar
9. Ellipsis of driver's license.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Equivalents

50 more languages

العربيةإجازةالرخصةبراءةترخيصتصريحرخصة+ 3 more

Българскилице́нзразрешително

বাংলাএজাজতনামা

Bosanskicertifikatlicencalicencijalupapatentлиценцалиценцијацертификат+ 5 more

Catalàllicènciapermís

Češtinalicence

Cymraegtrwydded

Dansktilladelse

Ελληνικάάδειααδειοδοτώ

Esperantopermesilo

Eestiluba

فارسیپروانهرُخْصَتلیسانس

Suomiajokorttilisensioidalisenssilupalupakirjaoikeusvaltakirjavaltuuttaavapausvastuuttomuus+ 7 more

Gaeilgeceadúnas

Gàidhligaonta

Galegolicenzapermiso

עבריתרישיון

हिन्दीअनुज्ञप्तिअनुज्ञाअनुज्ञापत्रपरवानालाइसेंस+ 2 more

Hrvatskicertifikatlicencalicencijalupapatentлиценцалиценцијацертификат+ 5 more

Magyarengedélyengedélyezlicenclicencelszabadság+ 2 more

Bahasa Indonesiaizinlisensiongji

Íslenskaleyfi

Italianolicenzapermesso

日本語にんかやりたい放題ライセンス允許免状免許免許証放縦認可+ 6 more

ქართულილიცენზია

Қазақ тілілицензия

ភាសាខ្មែរពែរមីអាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណ

한국어라이선스라이센스면허면허증인가자격증+ 3 more

Kurdîbangizinlîsanspatentruxsat+ 2 more

Latinalicentialicentiatus

Lietuviųlicencija

Македонскилиценца

Монголүнэмлэх

Bahasa Melayulesen

မြန်မာလိုင်စင်

Nederlandsbandeloosheidlicentielicentiërentoelatenvergunnen toekennenvergunning+ 3 more

Polskilicencjapozwolenieswawola

Portuguêsalvaràlicença

Românălicență

Русскийлицензияразрешениеудостоверение

Slovenščinalicenca

Српскиcertifikatlicencalicencijalupapatentлиценцалиценцијацертификат+ 5 more

Svenskaburbrevcertifikatlicenslicensieratillstånd+ 2 more

தமிழ்உரிமம்

Тоҷикӣрухсат

ไทยอนุญาต

Türkçelisansruhsat

Українськадозвілліцензія

O'zbekchaparvonaruxsat

Tiếng Việtbangbằngbằng cấpgiấy phép憑+ 2 more

Examples

“Hello. I would like⟳ to buy⟳ a fish⟳ licence please⟳.”

“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?”

“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.”

“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; […]”

“When liberty becomes license⟳ dictatorship is near.”

“In order⟳ to enter⟳ the building, I need⟳ to show⟳ my license⟳.”

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