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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
li·cense    Audio Help   [lahy-suhns] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -censed, -cens·ing.
–noun
1.formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
2.a certificate, tag, plate, etc., giving proof of such permission; official permit: a driver's license.
3.permission to do or not to do something.
4.intentional deviation from rule, convention, or fact, as for the sake of literary or artistic effect: poetic license.
5.exceptional freedom allowed in a special situation.
6.excessive or undue freedom or liberty.
7.licentiousness.
8.the legal right to use a patent owned by another.
–verb (used with object)
9.to grant authoritative permission or license to.
[Origin: 1325–75; ME licence < MF < ML licentia authorization, L: freedom, equiv. to licent- (s. of licéns, prp. of licére to be allowed) + -ia -ia; see -ence]

—Related forms
li·cens·a·ble, adjective
li·cense·less, adjective
li·cens·er; especially Law, li·cen·sor, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Thesaurus Entries (2 more entries. View all »)
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  license
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  Proof of legal permission to do something.
Synonyms:  permit, warrant
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  license
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  Excessive freedom; lack of restraint.
Synonyms:  dissoluteness, dissolution, libertinism, licentiousness, profligacy
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  authorize
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To give authority to.
Synonyms:  accredit, commission, empower, enable, entitle, qualify
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - Cite This Source

license, in public law, permission by legal authority to engage in certain acts and also the document showing such permission. Some licenses are required for the protection of the public; they assure professional competence (e.g., physicians) or moral fitness (e.g., tavern keepers). Others are designed primarily to raise revenue or to keep a registry (e.g., automobile licenses). It is a crime to engage in a licensed activity without having first procured a license. In property law, a license is a right that the owner grants some other party to make use of his land. Such licenses are revocable at will if they are not part of a contract. They are personal and hence may not be sold; they expire on the death of the grantee. A license to cross another's land is an easement in gross. In patent law, a license is a written authority granted by the owner of a patent to another person, empowering the latter to make or use the patented article for a limited period or in a limited territory.

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