LICENCE


Meaning of LICENCE in English

(~s)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

Note: in AM, use 'license'

1.

A ~ is an official document which gives you permission to do, use, or own something.

Payne lost his driving ~ a year ago for drink-driving...

The painting was returned to Spain on a temporary import ~...

It gained a ~ to operate as a bank from the Bank of England in 1981.

N-COUNT

2.

If you say that something gives someone ~ or a ~ to act in a particular way, you mean that it gives them an excuse to behave in an irresponsible or excessive way.

‘Dropping the charges has given racists a ~ to kill,’ said Jim’s aunt.

N-UNCOUNT: also a N, N to-inf disapproval

3.

see also poetic ~

4.

If someone does something under ~, they do it by special permission from a government or other authority.

...a company which made the Mig-21 jet fighter under ~ from Russia.

PHRASE: PHR after v

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