[
US
/ˈɫaɪsəns/
]
[ UK /lˈaɪsəns/ ]
[ UK /lˈaɪsəns/ ]
NOUN
- freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
- a legal document giving official permission to do something
- the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
-
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near
the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum
VERB
-
authorize officially
I am licensed to practice law in this state
How To Use license In A Sentence
- Siva's devotees are forbidden to use drugs of abuse, such as cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, barbiturates, psychedelics and marijuana, unless prescribed by a licensed physician.
- Travolta is a licensed jet pilot and owns a Learjet.
- (How far can he get without a license or credit cards .. or the help of close relations?) opened with testimony from the "jailbird" and his arresting officers Baltimore Crime
- ( 'multum') is accurate, up-to-date, and complete, but no diamox 125mg is licensed to that effect. Wii-volution
- Getting a job at another licensed dealer was somewhat easier.
- Liberal proponents of American Values praise the freedom that opens the floodgates to gay marriage and pornography; conservatives, the liberty unleashing that locust plague called unrestrained capitalism; neo-conservatives the license for lying, murderous Machtpolitik. Founding Fathers vs. Church Fathers
- He said the idea would let mom-and-pop stores buy their licenses "on a payment plan," allaying fears that the only big businesses would be able to afford to get into the market under his proposal. McDonnell will count votes before calling special session
- But our investigators were able to buy a large batch of the unlicensed synthetic chemical within minutes. The Sun
- The lack of franchise regulations made vetting licensees that much more important.
- It has been alleged that Ting employed an unlicensed technician who saw patients and wrote prescriptions.