license (noun)
1license — li·cense 1 / līs əns/ n [Anglo French, literally, permission, from Old French, from Latin licentia, from licent licens, present participle of licēre to be permitted, be for sale] 1 a: a right or permission granted by a competent authority (as of… …
2license — li‧cense [ˈlaɪsns] also licence verb [transitive] LAW 1. to give official permission for someone to do something or for an activity to take place: • The building contractors we hired were licensed by the General Service Administration …
3license plate — noun a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car s registration number • Syn: ↑numberplate • Hypernyms: ↑plate * * * noun, pl ⋯ plates [count] US : a metal plate on a vehicle that shows a series of numbers and letters that… …
4noun and verb differences — The following table lists differences of stress, pronunciation, and spelling when the same word is used as a noun and a verb, for example compound, escort, practice/practise, record, and use. Differences are marked by the letters s (= difference… …
5license plate — noun Date: circa 1924 a plate or tag (as of metal) attesting that a license has been secured and usually bearing a registration number …
6license plate — noun License plate is used before these nouns: ↑number …
7license plate — license ,plate noun count AMERICAN the group of letters and numbers on the back and sometimes the front of a car, that shows its official number and the state where it was licensed. The British word is number plate …
8license — (also licence) ► VERB 1) grant a licence to. 2) authorize. DERIVATIVES licensable adjective licenser (also licensor) noun. ORIGIN from LICENCE(Cf. ↑ …
9license fee — noun a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine) • Syn: ↑licensing fee, ↑license tax • Topics: ↑medicine, ↑medical specialty • Hypernyms: ↑fee …
10license number — noun the number on the license plate that identifies the car that bears it (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑registration number • Hypernyms: ↑number, ↑identification number …
