License | Mean of license in English Dictionary

/ˈlaɪsn̩s/

• Noun
• an official document, card, etc., that gives you permission to do, use, or have something
1. The restaurant's owner applied for a license to sell liquor.
2. a liquor license
3. a fishing license
4. I have to renew my license.
5. She was arrested for driving without a license.
6. He lost his license after he was arrested for drunk driving.
7. He had to show his license to prove his age.
• freedom to act however you want to
1. His job as a reporter gives him license to go anywhere and ask anything.
2. She regards her illness as a license to treat other people badly. [=she thinks that because she is ill she can treat other people badly]
• the freedom of an artist, writer, etc., to change the way something is described or shown in order to produce a work of art
1. artistic/poetic/creative license

• a document or agreement that allows a certain number of people to use a computer program
1. We have a license for 10 users.
• a way of making a large amount of money very easily
1. He says that if the new law is passed it will give these companies a license to print money.
• in a business arrangement where one company gives official permission to another company to do or make something
1. The company makes computer chips under license from the original manufacturer.
• Verb
• to give official permission to (someone or something) to do or use something
1. The restaurant has now been licensed to sell liquor.
• to give official permission for (something)
1. a new drug licensed by the government
2. The gun was not licensed to him. [=he did not have formal permission to own the gun]
• to allow the use of (a name, property, etc.) through a formal agreement
1. The company licensed its name to others.