Definition of License
Noun: license lI-sun(t)s
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: licence)
- (law) a legal document giving official permission to do something
- licence [Brit, Cdn], permit
- Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech)
- licence [Brit, Cdn]
- Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
"when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum";
- licence [Brit, Cdn]
- The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
- permission, permit, licence [Brit, Cdn]
- Authorize officially
"I am licensed to practice law in this state";
- licence [Brit, Cdn], certify
See also:
licensable
licensed
Anagrams containing the word license