license

Definition of license in English English dictionary: A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit; An academic degree, the holder of which is called a licentiate, ranking slightly below doctorate, awarded by certain European and Latin-American universities; Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech); Authorize officially
I am licensed to practice law in this state.; The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL.; The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software
Even if you bought this product, it does NOT belong to you. You have a license to use it under the terms of this agreement, until you breach this agreement.; Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
When liberty becomes license dictatorship is near.; {v} to grant leave set at liberty; {n} permission, liberty; An academic degree, the holder of which is called a licentiate, ranking slightly below doctorate, awarded by certain European and South American Universities; Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety; A transfer of patent rights that does not amount to an assignment A license, which can be exclusive or non-exclusive, does not give the licensee the legal title to the patent; a legal document giving official permission to do something; To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach; A legal document giving official permission to do something, a permit; An agreement in which a national government gives an oil company the rights to explore for and produce oil and/or gas in a designated area; authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"; Certificate of proficiency recognizing that a skydiver has met a specified level of experience, skill, and knowledge There are four classes of USPA licenses: A, B, C and D USPA licenses are recognized internationally through the FAI; excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke; The right to do something In publishing, the right to publish a book or books, or to something from one book in another product; Permission to go upon or use the land of another, the permission being a personal privilege and not constituting an interest in the land; - a contract that grants a party explicit rights to use intellectual property Also, a digital permit containing descriptions of rights that can be applied to one or more pieces of content; Authority granted by the owner of an intellectual property to another allowing the latter the right to use it in some limited way; Permission to do something which, without such permission, would be illegal For example, a license to use digital information gives the Licensee permission to access and use the information under the terms and conditions described in the agreement between the Licensor and the Licensee; When you purchase a copy of a computer program, you are granted a license to use that program under specified conditions Use outside the provisions of the license is a violation of copyright and other laws Software loaded on servers is generally purchased with several licenses, meaning that the number of licenses regulates the number of people that can use the software at once Programs called "license auditors" are often used on servers to prevent too many people from using the software simultaneously; The document granting such permission; Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors; License means any one of those offerings identified in the Product List (including standard licenses and upgrades for desktop operating systems) that provides the right to run the version of the product for which it is ordered; That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc; - Permission to go upon or use the land of another, the permission being a personal privilege and not constituting an interest in the land; the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization a legal document giving official permission to do something freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break; {f} issue a license, grant a permit; authorize, permit, allow; A certificate of authority issued by the Department of Insurance to an insurer, agent, broker, or broker-agent to transact insurance business; legal permission from a patent owner to practice an invention License agreements include miscellaneous financial and diligence terms; 1 A permit obtained from local government authorities to conduct certain types of business activities, such as a restaurant, or events, such as a parade 2 An agreement under which one company may use the logo or other property of another, as on a tee shirt; Formal permission granted by the U S Department of Commerce and/or Department of State to export specific commodities, technology, or software to a particular destination and end user for a specified end use; the approval by a governmental agency, usually at the state level, for an individual to be a teacher in the designated state, grade levels, subject areas, and specialties Licensure indicates that the candidate has met a minimum level of requirements, designed to ensure the protection of student, public health, safety, and welfare interests See Certification, Credentialing; An authorization from the state granting permission to perform duties which, without such permission, would be illegal; – A contractual arrangement whereby one person (Licensor) licenses another person (Licensee) some or all trade secret, patent, copyright, trade-mark or intellectual property rights the Licensor has in or to an invention Unlike an assignment, a license does not transfer ownership A sub-license occurs when the Licensee has rights to further license the Licensee’s rights to a third party A license may be for a set term or perpetual, be non-exclusive or exclusive, and is often granted in exchange for royalties or other compensation; To license a person or activity means to give official permission for the person to do something or for the activity to take place. a proposal that would require the state to license guns Under the agreement, the council can license a U.S. company to produce the drug. to give official permission for someone to do or produce something, or for an activity to take place be licensed to do sth; The right to perform certain activities, generally granted by a governmental agency; a contract in which the owner of the patent grants another person or company permission to make, use, or sell the patented invention Licenses may be exclusive (if a single manufacturer is licensed to develop the invention) or nonexclusive (if multiple manufacturers are licensed to develop it) Licenses can extend for the entire length of the patent or for shorter periods of time; 1 A privilege or right granted to a person by a state to operate as a real estate broker or salesperson 2 The revocable permission for a temporary use of landa personal right that cannot be sold; A special permission to do something on, or with, somebody else's property which, were it not for the license, could be legally prevented or give rise to legal action in tort or trespass A common example is allowing a person to walk across your lawn which, if it were not for the license, would constitute trespass Licenses are revocable at will (unless supported by a contract) and, as such, differs from an easement (the latter conveying a legal interest in the land) Licenses which are not based on a contract and which are fully revocable are called "simple" or "bare" licenses A common example is the shopping mall to which access by the public is on the basis of an implied license; the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state; An authority granted by the United States to do a particular act or series of acts upon public lands without the licensee possessing any estate or interest in the land itself; a license is a right granted to a person or company to exercise rights over or in connection with something owned by another Thus, for example, a license could be granted to enter land, to use a trademark, to carry out a mechanical or chemical process or simply to use goods owned by another The key feature of a license is that it is a right, usually limited by time to use something which continues to be owned by someone else, rather than the transfer to a person of the thing or the full rights to it; {i} official permission, authorization; document which shows proof of authorization, certificate; freedom (of action, belief, etc.); lack of restraint, excessive freedom; lic
license plate: a tag, usually of metal, bearing a sequence of letters, numbers or both, and placed at the front and back of a motor vehicle, as for identification purposes
license plates: plural form of license plate
license to print money: US spelling of licence to print money
license agreement: legal contract which outlines the terms under which a user may make use of a product
license fee: a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine)
license key: The actual full license for the product
license number: the number on the license plate that identifies the car that bears it
license number: The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it
license plate: A license plate is a sign on the front and back of a vehicle that shows its license number. A rectangular, usually metal plate that bears a sequence of numbers, letters, or both and is issued by a government to identify an officially registered vehicle. one of the signs with numbers on it at the front and back of a car British Equivalent: number plate
license plate: a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number
license plate: plate inscribed with the registration number of a vehicle
license revocation: cancellation of a license (usually as a punishment)
license to carry a weapon: permit which allows one to carry a weapon
license to sell alcoholic beverages: permit which allows a store or restaurant to sell alcoholic beverages
liquor license: a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages
liquor license: license which permits the sale of alcoholic beverages
artistic license: Alternative spelling of artistic licence
clickwrap license: A license which is implicitly agreed to when the user clicks on a particular button or link
driver's license: A document issued to a specific person by a government authority, permitting this person to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle on public roads and highways. As the licence generally has a photograph of the licensee, it is generally used as an identification document, and may be required when making credit purchases, cashing checks, applying for employment etc
licence: Alternative spelling of license. The verb form is normally spelt license
licence: Alternative spelling of license
licence: Standard spelling of the noun form of license
licenced: authorized by licence
licenced: Simple past tense and past participle of licence
licenced: having been issued with a licence
licenser: One who licenses; one who give out documents giving permissions
The goldfish licenser was on vacation.
perpetual license: A license with no expiration date
perpetual-license: Attributive form of perpetual license
perpetual-license holder.
poetic license: Alternative spelling of poetic licence
shrinkwrap license: A license agreement whose contents may only be read and accepted after a product has been purchased and the packaging removed
vanity license plate: A license plate whose identifier is chosen by the registering owner
vanity license plates: plural form of vanity license plate
learner's license: A driver's permit, learner's permit, learner's license or provisional license, is a restricted license that is given to a person who is learning to drive, but has not yet satisfied the requirements to obtain a driver's license
provisional license: A driver's permit, learner's permit, learner's license or provisional license, is a restricted license that is given to a person who is learning to drive, but has not yet satisfied the requirements to obtain a driver's license
got his driver's license: received his driver's permit, received authorization to drive a vehicle after receiving instruction and passing a driving test
licence: {n} permission, liberty
licenser: {n} one who grants leave or permission
bank`s license: authorization for a bank to provide services
building license: authorization for construction
deprivation of license: negation or removal of one's license, negation of authority to act
diving license: document which shows that a person may legally drive a motor vehicle
driver's license: a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle
driver's license: A driver's license is a card showing that you are qualified to drive because you have passed a driving test. an official document or card that says that you are legally allowed to drive British Equivalent: driving licence
driver's license: document giving someone legal permission to drive a vehicle
driving license: permit authorizing one to drive a vehicle
export license: license which authorizes the shipping of goods out of a country for sale in another
fishing license: a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time
floating license: Anyone on the network can run a licensed ANSYS product, up to the limit specified in the license file Floating licenses require the license manager daemon (lmgrd) and the vendor daemon (ansyslmd) to be running to count the concurrent usage of the licenses
floating license: A floating license allows you to use the software on any client PC on your network because a SentinelLM license server manages the use of the license tokens among the clients
flying license: permit to operate an airplane
game license: permit to hunt animals
getting a license: receiving a license
hunting license: a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time
import license: permit to bring goods from one country into another country
issued a license: gave a license
licence: The document that all Radio Stations in Canada must attain specifies the call sign assigned to the station, the assigned frequencies, type of radio equipment authorized and any special conditions under which the station should be operated
licence: {i} permit, certificate; authority; authorization; freedom (action, belief, etc.); unrestraint, immoderation (alternate spelling for license)
licence: A nuclear site licence Under the Nuclear Installation Act 1965, no site may be used for the purpose of installing or operating a nuclear reactor, other than a reactor in a means of transport, unless a licence has been granted by HSE (some MOD sites are exempt) The granting of a nuclear site licence imposes an absolute liability upon the licensee as regards injury to persons or damage to property arising from a nuclear occurrence
licence: disapproval If you say that something gives someone licence or a licence to act in a particular way, you mean that it gives them an excuse to behave in an irresponsible or excessive way. `Dropping the charges has given racists a licence to kill,' said Jim's aunt. see also poetic licence
licence: Mechanism used by the NSW EPA to regulate and control environmental pollution
licence: authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"
licence: A licence is an official document which gives you permission to do, use, or own something. Payne lost his driving licence a year ago for drink-driving The painting was returned to Spain on a temporary import licence It gained a licence to operate as a bank from the Bank of England in 1981
licence: If someone does something under licence, they do it by special permission from a government or other authority. a company which made the Mig-21 jet fighter under licence from Russia
licence: Alternative spelling of license, generally considered to be erroneous. The verb form should normally be spelt as license
licence: a legal document giving official permission to do something
licence: (Permis) - means any right of use or occupation of real property that is not an interest in land
licence: a licence issued under Part 4 or 4A of the EPA, with or without development approval, to carry out a Level 1 ERA
licence: An ATC licence indicates a controller's qualifications and includes a record of his competence at a particular unit together with his medical classification
licence: university degree awarded after a notional three years
licence: li·cence licences in AM, use license
licence: Consent given by the owner of rights to someone to do something that only the owner can do
licence: freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
licence: excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
licence: Freeware
licence: A special permission to do something on, or with, somebody else's property which, were it not for the licence, could be legally prevented or give rise to legal action in tort or trespass A common example is allowing a person to walk across your lawn which, if it were not for the licence, would constitute trespass Licences are revocable at will (unless supported by a contract) and, as such, differs from an easement (the latter conveying a legal interest in the land) Licences which are not based on a contract and which are fully revocable are called "simple" or "bare" licences A common example is the shopping centre to which access by the public is on the basis of an implied licence
licence: The means by which the owner of a design gives permission to another person to carry out an action which, without such permission, would infringe the design Thus a licence can allow another person to legitimately manufacture, use or sell a design In return, the design owner will usually receive royalty payments
licence: Legal agreement granting someone permission to use a work for certain purposes or under certain conditions A licence does not constitute a change in ownership of the copyright
licence: {f} issue a license, grant a permit; authorize, permit, allow
licenced: {s} authorized, permitted; having a licence (also licensed)
licenced: given official approval to act; "an accredited college"; "commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist"; "authorized representative"
licences: plural of licence
licencing: present participle of licence
licensed: If something that you own or use is licensed, you have official permission to own it or use it. While searching the house they discovered an unlicensed shotgun and a licensed rifle
licensed: If a place such as a restaurant or hotel is licensed, it has been given a licence to sell alcoholic drinks. licensed premises
licensed: Having been issued with a license by the required authority
licensed: {s} authorized, permitted; having a license (also licenced)
licensed: This indicates that a Judge has progressed from Apprentice to Provisional to Licensed status Some Judges may only be Provisional and are designated by an * beside the breed(s) to be judged (ASFA)
licensed: Means recognition and approval by the appropriate State or local authority approving institutions or programs in specialized areas Licensing generally relates to established minimum public standards of safety, sanitation, staffing, and equipment, as they relate to the construction, maintenance, and operation of a health or educational facility, rather than to the academic, instructional, or medical standards for these institutions Licensing may be required for educational or public health programs such as occupational training, physical or mental health rehabilitation services, or nursing care Licenses frequently must be renewed at periodic intervals
licensed: Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, a licensed victualer; a licensed traffic
licensed: given official approval to act; "an accredited college"; "commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist"; "authorized representative"
licensed: past of license
licensed: This means a long-term care facility has met certain standards set by a State or local government agency
licensed: If you are licensed to do something, you have official permission from the government or from the authorities to do it. There were about 250 people on board, about 100 more than the ferry was licensed to carry. a licensed doctor
licensed: Indicates the company is incorporated (or chartered) in another state but is a licensed (admitted) insurer for this state to write specific lines of business for which it qualifies
licenser: a official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications)
licenser: {i} one who gives permits, one who grants licenses; clerk in a licensing office, licencer
licenser: One who gives a license; as, a licenser of the press
licenses: A term that is used to represent the first purchase of a software product The license rights are usually specific to a specific commercial release of the intellectual property The license is usually created through a royalty payment and typically the license has no expiry date but the shelf life of a software product can be impacted by the technical environment
licenses: plural of license
licenses: For the complete and legal set of definitions, please refer to the Oracle License & Services Agreement
licenses: (See franchises ) (See (p 352))
licenses: Third person singular, present tense of to license
licensing: The procedure which an agent undergoes to become legally qualified to act in the capacity of a real estate agent
licensing: Indictates which type of contract you have purchased to use the software, i e single-usage, subject or organization
licensing: The awarding of rights to perform, reproduce, distribute or digitally transmit a copyrighted work Performance rights usually come from one of three organizations that represent songwriters and publishers: The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music Inc or SESAC Reproduction, distribution and digital transmission rights usually come from the original recording company The RIAA as a trade association does not have licensing authority However, it is helping to negotiate and administer the "statutory licenses" prescribed by law for certain kinds of digital transmissions of sound recordings
licensing: Contractual agreement granting permission to use intellectual property under specific conditions Licensing agreements, in which one company contracts to buy technology from another company, can be much faster, easier and cheaper to arrange than trying to challenge an intellectual property claim in court
licensing: A method of entering a foreign market in which the company enters into an agreement with a licensee in the foreign market, offering the right to use a manufacturing process, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other item of value for a fee or royalty
licensing: A strategy or practice of leasing or renting one's technology to others Can go sideways (competitors), upstream (vendors), or downstream (customers, resellers) A way one firm gains the right to use the creations of another May be exclusive or nonexclusive
licensing: The granting from the owner of a design to another party, certain rights related to the design This may include such things as the right to use, manufacture and sell the design
licensing: Right to use a property's logos and terminology on products for retail sale Note: While a sponsor will typically receive the right to include a property's marks on its packaging and advertising, sponsors are not automatically licensees Presenting sponsor The sponsor that has its name presented just below that of the sponsored property, i e , "The Kroger Senior Classic presented by Fifth Third, bank" or "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Weber presented by MCI "
licensing: System in which a licensee pays commissions or royalties on sales or supplies used in manufacturing p 93
licensing: The process whereby the Manufacturer shows compliance of the type design with the applicable safety requirements as required by the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR)
licensing: (p 71) An act by which a producer (the licensor) allows a foreign company (the licensee) to produce its product in exchange for a fee (a royalty)
licensing: A business arrangement in which the manufacturer of a product (or a firm with proprietary rights over technology, trademarks etc ) grants permission to an individual or company to manufacture the said product in return for specified royalties or other payment
licensing: A business arrangement in which the manufacturer of a product (or a firm controlling a technology or product) grants permission to some other group, individual or corporation to manufacture that product in return for specified royalties or payments
licensing: paying a fee for the use of the copyrighted material
licensing: selling the right to use some process, trademark, patent,or other right for a fee or royalty
licensing: Granting authority to produce and sell a product developed in one country in another
licensing: {i} authorizing, permitting; issuing of licenses
licensing: An automation system requires the library to obtain a user license, as with any type of software Licenses are usually purchased as either a site license, which allows the library to install the automation software on as many computers desired within a single building, or on a per-computer or per-network basis
licensing: Present participle of to license
licensing: A means of entering new markets, primarily used by manufacturing firms, by transferring the rights to produce and sell products overseas to a foreign firm In return, the licensing company receives a negotiated fee, normally in the form of a royalty
licensing: selling the right to a manufacturing process, trademark, patent, etc , usually in a foreign market
licensing: a business arrangement in which the manufacturer of a product lets some other group or individual manufacture that product for royalties or other payment
licensing: A variation of contracting out in which government grants a license to a private concern to sell a product or service that would not otherwise be allowed outside the public domain
licensing: A business arrangement in which the manufacturer of a product (or a firm with proprietary rights over certain technology, trademarks, etc ) grants permission to some other group or individual to manufacture that product (or make use of proprietary material) in return for specified royalties or other payment
licensing: the granting of permission by one manufacturing organisation to another to use a registered brand, symbol, process, patent, etc
licensing: A business arrangement in which the manufacturer (the licensor) of a product (or a firm with proprietary rights over certain technology trademarks, etc ) grants permission to some other group or individual to manufacture that product (or make use of that proprietary material, trademark, manufacturing process, patent, etc ) in return for specified royalties or other payment for the firm granting the license
licensor: The person or entity that gives or grants a License The licensor owns or has permission to distribute digital materials to a Licensee
licensor: Grove's Dictionaries Inc of 345 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010-1707
licensor: Under UCITA, a person obligated by agreement to transfer or create rights in, or to give access to or use of, computer information or informational rights in it under an agreement to which UCITA applies
licensor: A party that grants a license to another
licensor: the company that discovered the drug
licensor: {i} one who licenses, one who gives official permission
marriage license: the only permit taken out after the hunt is over
marriage license: document that certifies that a couple has been joined in marriage
marriage license: A document declaring that two people applied for and received a marriage license and did in fact get married on the date and by the person indicated on the license
marriage license: A "Marriage License" is an official document that grants permission for a couple to be married, but it is not proof of marriage
marriage license: a license authorizing a man and a woman to marry
marriage license: Document issued by a town or county authorizing the performance of a marriage
marriage license: A document in possession of the couple documenting their marriage as legal
may I see your driver's license: show me your driver's license, give me your driving permit
medical license: license that allows to practice medicine
occupation license: a license to pursue a particular occupation
off license: license to sell alcoholic beverages; store where alcoholic drinks are sold
on license: license to make inside sales (in a store or institution)
on-license: a license to sell liquor for consumption on the premises
perpetual license: permanent license that has no expiry date
poetic license: The liberty taken by an artist or a writer in deviating from conventional form or fact to achieve a desired effect
poetic license: license used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work
received a license: be given a license
revoke a license: withdraw a license, cancel the validity of a license
shooting license: document which permits one to use a gun
site license: permit to operate a program on several network workstations
software license: agreement where a software developer defines the rights and responsibilities of the purchaser
temporary license: official authorization that is valid for a limited period of time

license

Hyphenation

li·cense

Turkish pronunciation

laysıns

Synonyms

authorization, carte blanche, certificate, charter, consent, dispensation, entitlement, exemption, freedom, go-ahead, grant, green light, immunity, independence, latitude

Antonyms

ban, prohibition, refusal, withholding, reason, prohibit, refuse, withhold

Pronunciation

/ˈlīsəns/ /ˈlaɪsəns/

Etymology

() From Old French licence Latin licentia (“license”) licens, present participle of licere (“to be allowed, be allowable”); compare linquere, Ancient Greek λείπω (“leave”).