license
- n a legal document giving official permission to do something
- n freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
- n excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant
the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke - n the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
- v authorize officially
I am licensed to practice law in this state
license fee
- n a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine)
license number
- n the number on the license plate that identifies the car that bears it
license plate
- n a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number
license tax
- n a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine)
licensed practical nurse
- n a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
licenser
- n an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications)
licensing agreement
- n contract giving someone the legal right to use a patent or trademark
licensing fee
- n a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine)
licentiousness
- n the quality of being lewd and lascivious
- n dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure