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licence or (US) license noun 1 a an official document that allows someone to drive; b an official document that allows someone to own a dog, gun, etc; c Brit an official document showing that a household has paid a fee and may therefore watch TV and listen to the radio; d official permission to sell alcohol; e official permission for two people to marry. 2 permission or leave in general. 3 excessive freedom of action or speech. 4 a departure from a rule or convention, especially by writers and artists, for effect • poetic licence. on licence said of a prisoner: released before serving all of a sentence.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin licentia, from licere to be allowed.

license verb (licensed, licensing) 1 to give a licence or permit for something such as the sale of alcohol. 2 to give a licence or permit to someone to do something such as drive, own a dog, get married, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c.