License

Definition - Transitive Verb
1  : to issue a license to
2  : to permit or authorize by a license

Definition - Noun
[Anglo-French, literally, permission, from Old French, from Latin licentia, from licent- licens, present participle of licEre to be permitted, be for sale]
1 a  : a right or permission granted by a competent authority (as of a government or a business) to engage in some business or occupation, do some act, or engage in some transaction which would be unlawful without such right or permission
also
: a document, plate, or tag evidencing a license granted
b  : revocable authority or permission given solely to one having no possessory rights in a tract of land to do something on that land which would otherwise be unlawful or a trespass
compare easement lease
c  : a grant by the holder of a copyright or patent to another of any of the rights embodied in the copyright or patent short of an assignment of all rights
2  : a defense (as to trespass) that one's act was in accordance with a license granted
3 a  : freedom that allows or is used with irresponsibility
b  : disregard for standards of personal conduct
: See also licentiousness
Pronunciation'lIs-ns

Pronunciation Key

  • \&\ as a and u in a b ut
  • \[^&]\ as e in kitt en
  • \&r\ as ur and er in f urther
  • \a\ as a inash
  • \A\ as a in ace
  • \Š\ as o in m op
  • \au\ as ou in ou t
  • \ch\ as ch in ch in
  • \e\ as e in bet
  • \E\ as ea in easy
  • \g\ as g in go
  • \i\ as i in hit
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  • \I\ as i in ice
  • \j\ as j in job
  • \[ng]\ as ng in sing
  • \O\ as o in go
  • \o\ as aw in law
  • \oi\ as oy in boy
  • \th\ as th in thin
  • \[th_]\ as thin the
  • \Ÿ\ as oo in loot
  • \u\ as oo in foot
  • \y\ as y in yet
  • \zh\ as si in vision
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