licensed

li·cense  (lsns)

n.

1.

a. Official or legal permission to do or own a specified thing. See Synonyms at permission.

b. A document, plate, or tag that is issued as proof of official or legal permission: a driver's license.

2. Deviation from normal rules, practices, or methods in order to achieve a certain end or effect.

3. Latitude of action, especially in behavior or speech. See Synonyms at freedom.

4.

a. Lack of due restraint; excessive freedom: "When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near" (Will Durant).

b. Heedlessness for the precepts of proper behavior; licentiousness.

tr.v. li·censed, li·cens·ing, li·cens·es

1. To give or yield permission to or for.

2. To grant a license to or for; authorize. See Synonyms at authorize.

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[Middle English licence, from Old French, from Medieval Latin licentia, authorization, from Latin, freedom, from licns, licent-, present participle of licre, to be permitted.]

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licens·a·ble adj.

licens·er, licen·sor (-sn-sôr) n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

licensed - given official approval to act; "an accredited college"; "commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist"; "authorized representative" accredited, licenced, commissioned authorised, authorized - endowed with authority

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licensed

adjective permitted, allowed, sanctioned, authorized a licensed rifle

Translations

licensed [ˈlaɪsənst]

A. ADJ [dealer] → autorizado; [restaurant, premises] → autorizado para la venta de bebidas alcohólicas

B. CPD licensed trade N → comercio m autorizado, negocio m autorizado
licensed victualler N → vendedor(a) m/f de bebidas alcohólicas

licensed [ˈlaɪs^ənst] adj

(for alcohol) → patenté(e) pour la vente des spiritueux, qui a une patente de débit de boissons

[car] → immatriculé(e); [firearm] → déclaré(e)
to be licensed to do sth [person] → être habilité à faire qch

licensed

adj

pilot → mit Pilotenschein; taxi driver → mit Taxischein; physician → approbiert; he’s a licensed pilot → er hat einen Pilotenschein

(= selling alcohol) licensed bar/premises → Lokal nt → mit Schankerlaubnis; fully licensed → mit voller Schankkonzession or -erlaubnis; licensed trade → (konzessionierter) Alkoholhandel; I used to be in the licensed trade → ich war früher Gastwirt; licensed victualler Lebensmittelhändler mit einer Konzession für den Verkauf von Alkohol; he won’t stay at a hotel unless it’s licensed → er übernachtet nur in Hotels mit Alkoholausschank

licensed [ˈlaɪs/ənst] adj (restaurant, premises) → autorizzato/a alla vendita di bevande alcoliche

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licensed [ˈlaɪs/ənst] adj (restaurant, premises) → autorizzato/a alla vendita di bevande alcoliche