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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.

Translations

licensing [ˈlaɪsənsɪŋ]

A. N [of drug] → permiso m de comercialización (Med) [of practitioner] → concesión f de licencia para el ejercicio (Aut) → matrícula f

B. CPD licensing hours NPL → horas fpl durante las cuales se permite la venta y consumo de alcohol(en un bar etc)
licensing laws NPL (Brit) → leyes fpl reguladoras de la venta y consumo de alcohol

licensing

adj licensing agreement → Lizenzabkommen nt; licensing hours → Ausschankzeiten pl; licensing laws → Schankgesetze pl, → Gesetz nt → über den Ausschank und Verkauf alkoholischer Getränke