license
noun
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
had licensed
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past perfectof license.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By 1980, the government had licensed less than 5% of the patents it held — leaving potentially lifesaving inventions on the shelf.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
Tams said that Germany had licensed only four exports of weapons of war to Israel since October, “three of which concern test or practice equipment.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
Mondelez International, which owns Cadbury, said it had licensed the brand to Freshstores Limited, which runs the Cadbury discount store "completely independently".
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
Within two months of Stable Diffusion’s August 2022 debut, it had more than 1 million users, and 200,000 developers had licensed the software to make their own image-creation apps and tools.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2023
He or Browne had licensed a vintner, John Keymer, at Cambridge, in defiance of the Vice-Chancellor's jurisdiction.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing
