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licence
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licence, n. (US license)
1 a permit from an authority to own or use something (esp. a dog, gun, television set, or vehicle), do something (esp. marry, print something, preach, or drive on a public road), or carry on a trade (esp. in alcoholic liquor).
2 leave, permission (have I your licence to remove the fence?).
3 a liberty of action, esp. when excessive; disregard of law or propriety, abuse of freedom. b licentiousness.
4 a writer's or artist's irregularity in grammar, metre, perspective, etc., or deviation from fact, esp. for effect (poetic licence).
5 a university certificate of competence in a faculty.
1 a permit from an authority to own or use something (esp. a dog, gun, television set, or vehicle), do something (esp. marry, print something, preach, or drive on a public road), or carry on a trade (esp. in alcoholic liquor).
2 leave, permission (have I your licence to remove the fence?).
3 a liberty of action, esp. when excessive; disregard of law or propriety, abuse of freedom. b licentiousness.
4 a writer's or artist's irregularity in grammar, metre, perspective, etc., or deviation from fact, esp. for effect (poetic licence).
5 a university certificate of competence in a faculty.
Idiom
license plate US the number plate of a licensed vehicle.
Etymology
ME f. OF f. L licentia f. licere be lawful: -se by confusion with LICENSE
THESAURUS
licence
authority, authorization, carte blanche, certificate, charter, credentials, departure, deviation, dispensation, disregard, divergence, entitlement, free choice, freedom, latitude, leave, liberty, nonconformity, papers, permission, permit, privilege, rightAlso see definition of "licence" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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