licence

[lahy-suhns]

noun

1. Chiefly British.,  a variant of license.

licence

/ ˈlaɪsəns /

noun

1. a certificate, tag, document, etc, giving official permission to do something

2. formal permission or exemption

3. liberty of action or thought; freedom

4. intentional disregard of or deviation from conventional rules to achieve a certain effect

   poetic licence

5. excessive freedom

6. licentiousness

Word History and Origins

Origin of licence¹

C14: via Old French and Medieval Latin licentia permission, from Latin: freedom, from licet it is allowed

Example Sentences

Despite an initial refusal to engage in the conversation with a specialist nurse, his mother, Nadine, recalled how he had previously discussed organ donation while applying for a motorcycle licence.

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A general licence is available that allows animals to cross the boundary if they are going directly to slaughter.

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More or less every every car I drive and you look at the licence plates and how can I rearrange those letters, or that number, or something.

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Wyre Country Park only has a holiday park licence, which means caravan owners are not supposed to live there full time.

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The government said it aims to "manage existing oil and gas fields for their lifespan and not to issue new licences to explore new fields".

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