license
/ˈlaɪ.səns/ noun B1- A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
- Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
- Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
Plural licenses
From the library
Bitterly did she repent the license she had given to her imagination.
This meant getting a First Class teacher’s license in one year instead of two, if they were successful; but it also meant much more and harder work.
Before Josie had told the news Anne’s highest pinnacle of aspiration had been a teacher’s provincial license, First Class, at the end of the year, and perhaps the medal!
It would be dreadful if I failed to get my license after going to Queen’s all winter and spending so much money.”
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