license

Etymology 1
From, , , , , from , from , from , present participle of ; compare , 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
 * 2) The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
 * 3) Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
 * 4) Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
 * 1) Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
 * 2) Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
 * 1) Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.

Usage notes

 * In British English, Canadian English, Australian English, Irish English, South African English and New Zealand English the noun is spelt and the verb is.
 * The spelling is not used for either part of speech in the United States.

Translations

 * Albanian: liçensë
 * Arabic: رُخْصَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: رخصة
 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܦܣܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: ліцэ́нзія, дазво́л
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Coptic: ⲁⲣⲣⲱⲕⲥⲉ
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, licens
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: permesilo
 * Estonian: litsents, luba
 * Finnish:, , ;
 * French:
 * Galician:, permiso
 * Georgian: ლიცენზია
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: palapala ʻae
 * Hebrew: רישיון
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: ceadúnas
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: лицензия
 * Khmer:, ពែរមី
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ອະນຸຍາດ
 * Latvian: licence
 * Lithuanian: licencija
 * Macedonian: лиценца
 * Malay:
 * Maori:
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: lisens,
 * Ottoman Turkish: تذكره
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: лѝце̄нца
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: licencia
 * Slovene: licenca
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, , tillståndshandling
 * Tajik: литсензия, парвона, рухсат
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: lisenziýa, rugsat
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: لائسنس
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese: (法紙),  (憑)
 * Welsh:


 * Arabic: رُخْصَة
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian: лице́нз
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: permesilo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:, 라이선스,
 * Maori:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Hungarian:
 * Latin: licentia
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:, やりたい放題
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:, permisividad

Etymology 2
From, , , , from , , , , from (cf. English ).

Verb

 * 1) To authorize officially.
 * 2) To give formal authorization to use.
 * 3) To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation.
 * 4)  To give permission or freedom to; accept.
 * 5)  To permit (as grammatically correct).
 * 1) To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation.
 * 2)  To give permission or freedom to; accept.
 * 3)  To permit (as grammatically correct).
 * 1)  To give permission or freedom to; accept.
 * 2)  To permit (as grammatically correct).
 * 1)  To give permission or freedom to; accept.
 * 2)  To permit (as grammatically correct).
 * 1)  To permit (as grammatically correct).

Translations

 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: αδειοδοτώ, δίνω άδεια
 * Hungarian:
 * Maori:
 * Swedish:, ge (use: ge ngn. tillstånd att göra ngt.))


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: lisensioida,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Maori:
 * Swedish:, ge (use: ge ngn. tillstånd att göra ngt.))
 * Welsh: