licencing

Issuing official permits

Licencing is a British spelling variant of licensing, the present participle of license.

It refers to the act of granting official permission or authorization: The licencing of new pubs falls under local authority.

In American English, licensing is standard for all uses.

regulatory

permit

Official written authorization

compliance · registration · accreditation · endorsement · clearance · sanction · charter · franchise · warrant · credential

commercial

franchise

Licensed business operation

brand · merchandising · distribution · dealership · agreement · contract · fee · revenue · sublicensing · exclusive

professional

practitioner

One who works regularly

credential · certification · registration · accreditation · practising · bar · medical · nursing · teaching · engineering

driving

permit

Official written authorization

full · endorsement · points · disqualification · renewal · DMV · road · vehicle · motorcycle · HGV

broadcasting

spectrum

Continuous range of values

radio · television · station · FCC · airwaves · bandwidth · allocation · renewal · public · commercial

software

subscription

Paid recurring access

proprietary · open-source · freeware · shareware · EULA · terms · user · enterprise · seat · perpetual

Opposites
permission/authorization

licencingprohibiting

Making something illegal

forbidding · banning · outlawing · barring · disallowing

control/restriction

licencingprohibition

Authoritative legal ban

suppression · restriction · censorship · deregulation · proscription

regulatory control

licencingderegulating

Reducing governmental oversight

liberalizing · decontrolling

Family

license, licensed, licence, unlicensed, licensing, licenses, licences, licenced

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