licence
noun /ˈlaɪsns/
/ˈlaɪsns/
(US English license)
Idioms - [countable] an official document that shows that permission has been given to do, own or use something
- Applicants must hold a valid driving licence.
- to get/obtain/have a licence
- to grant/issue a licence
- James lost his licence for six months (= had his licence taken away by the police as a punishment).
- Her licence was revoked by the court.
- licence for something a licence for the software
- licence to do something You need a licence to fish in this river.
- without a licence He was caught driving a car without a licence.
- Is there a licence fee?
- a licence holder (= a person who has been given a licence)
- a licence agreement
Wordfinder- accelerate
- brake
- car
- commute
- driving
- licence
- motorist
- road
- road tax
- traffic
Extra Examples- He's had his licence taken away.
- She gained her private pilot's licence.
- The CD-ROM comes with a single-user licence.
- The bar was refused a music licence.
- The company has won the licence to run trains from the south coast to London.
- The government is currently granting no operating licences to foreign companies.
- The licence expires at the end of the year.
- The weapons were exported under a special export licence.
- You have to have a licence to sell beer.
- a licence for software manufacture
- a licence from the Performing Rights Society
- He did not have a gun licence.
- The premises did not have an entertainment licence.
- Who holds the licence for these premises?
- Your local authority should be able to issue you with a licence.
- a liquor licence
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- valid
- full
- special
- …
- have
- hold
- buy
- …
- expire
- run out
- fee
- holder
- number
- …
- in a/the licence
- under a/the licence
- under licence
- …
- the holder of a licence
- [uncountable, singular] licence (to do something) (formal) freedom to do or say whatever you want, often something bad or unacceptable
- Lack of punishment seems to give youngsters licence to break the law.
- [uncountable] (formal) freedom to behave in a way that is not considered sexually moral
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin licentia ‘freedom, sexually immoral behaviour’ (in medieval Latin ‘authority, permission’), from licere ‘be lawful or permitted’.
Idioms
artistic/poetic licence
- the freedom of artists or writers to change facts in order to make a story, painting, etc. more interesting or beautifulTopics Literature and writingc2
a licence to print money
- (disapproving) used to describe a business that makes a lot of money with little effort
under licence
- (of a product) made with the permission of a company or an organization
- They are Italian trains, but they will be built in Britain under licence.
- The beer is brewed under licence in the UK.