variants:
or licence
Definition of license
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a : permission to act
b : freedom of action
2a : a permission granted by competent authority to engage in a business or occupation or in an activity otherwise unlawful
a hunting license
b : a document, plate, or tag evidencing a license granted
c : a grant by the holder of a copyright or patent to another of any of the rights embodied in the copyright or patent short of an assignment of all rights
3a : freedom that allows or is used with irresponsibility
Freedom of the press should not be turned into license.
b : disregard for standards of personal conduct : licentiousness
4 : deviation from fact, form, or rule by an artist or writer for the sake of the effect gained
poetic license
license
verbvariants:
or less commonly licence
licensed also licenced; licensing also licencing
Definition of license (Entry 2 of 2)
1a : to issue a license to
b : to permit or authorize especially by formal license
2 : to give permission or consent to : allow
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The first known use of license was in the 14th century
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