(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If someone who has authority over you gives you ~ to do something, they say that they will allow you to do it.
He asked ~ to leave the room...
Finally his mother relented and gave ~ for her youngest son to marry...
They cannot leave the country without ~.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N to-inf, N for n to-inf, N for n
2.
A ~ is a formal, written statement from an official group or place allowing you to do something.
...oil exploration ~s.
N-COUNT: usu pl
see also planning ~