v. 1 Often, permit to. allow, agree (to), consent (to), give permission or leave (to), authorize, sanction, license, tolerate, countenance, suffer, brook, admit, grant, enable, empower, franchise, enfranchise; let He permitted me to use his name as a reference Do they permit smoking here?
n. 2 licence, authority, authorization, franchise, warrant; pass, passport, visa Your parking permit expired last week Shirley has a permit to visit Tibet.