license
Authority to operate
License is a verb and, in American English, a noun.
In British English, the spelling licence is used for the noun.
When an authority licenses something, it gives permission for it to operate, be sold, or be used.
A license is typically used in a legal sense, and is almost always part of a compound term, as in marriage license, liquor license, and driver’s license.
More generally, license means freedom: The witness has taken considerable license in her version of the sequence of events.
Official written authorization
- authorizeGrant formal permission
- grantBestow or award money
- allowGrant permission for
- approveFormally accept or authorize
consent · sanction · clearance · authorization · approval · entitlement · dispensation · waiver
Formal written attestation
- permitOfficial written authorization
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
- credentialProof of qualification
ID · card · laminated · photo · expiration · renewal · issued · valid
Of one who steers
- learner'sOf a beginner
- permitOfficial written authorization
- DMVVehicle registration agency
- road-testEvaluate through actual use
points · suspension · revocation · renewal · provisional · restricted · endorsement · motorcycle
Organized play or sport
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- tagIdentifier or classifier
- seasonYearly division or series
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
conservation · sportsman · firearm · bow · trapping · permit · stamp · waterfowl
Lock-opening device
- activationSetting into operation
- serialOccurring in ordered succession
- EULASoftware license abbreviation
- end-userUltimate product recipient
proprietary · open-source · subscription · perpetual · seat · volume · enterprise · trial
Obvious; inventor's monopoly
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
- royaltyPayment for usage rights
- franchisingLicensing a business model
syndication · merchandising · branding · sublicense · exclusive · non-exclusive · rights · agreement
Absence of unjust constraint
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
- leewayPermissible margin of freedom
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
artistic · creative · poetic · liberties · unrestricted · permission · indulgence · looseness
Of healthcare practice
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- lawBinding principle or regulation
- barDrinking establishment
- teachingProfession of instructing others
real-estate · contractor · pilot · cosmetology · pharmacy · engineering · CPA · practitioner
Adhering to requirements
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- agencyPower to act
bureau · board · commission · jurisdiction · regulation · inspector · auditor · revocation
permit
Official written authorization
approve · consent · sanction · clearance · authorization · approval · entitlement · dispensation · waiver · exemption
certificate
Formal written attestation
- permitOfficial written authorization
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
credential · ID · card · laminated · photo · expiration · renewal · issued · valid · revoked
driver's
Of one who steers
road-test · points · suspension · revocation · renewal · provisional · restricted · endorsement · motorcycle · commercial
game
Organized play or sport
wildlife · conservation · sportsman · firearm · bow · trapping · permit · stamp · waterfowl · deer
key
Lock-opening device
- activationSetting into operation
- serialOccurring in ordered succession
- EULASoftware license abbreviation
end-user · proprietary · open-source · subscription · perpetual · seat · volume · enterprise · trial · freeware
patent
Obvious; inventor's monopoly
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
- royaltyPayment for usage rights
franchising · syndication · merchandising · branding · sublicense · exclusive · non-exclusive · rights · agreement · fee
liberty
Absence of unjust constraint
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
- leewayPermissible margin of freedom
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
flexibility · artistic · creative · poetic · liberties · unrestricted · permission · indulgence · looseness · abandon
medical
Of healthcare practice
teaching · real-estate · contractor · pilot · cosmetology · pharmacy · engineering · CPA · practitioner · board-certified
compliance
Adhering to requirements
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
agency · bureau · board · commission · jurisdiction · regulation · inspector · auditor · revocation · suspension
- drivingdrive, steering, driver, acceleration, motorist
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- Authorizationspermit, consent, approval, clearance, pass
- Driver's Licensepermit, test, handbook, ID, registration
- Inspectors & Inspectionsinspection, report, audit, examination, certification
- official proceduresregistration, application, filing, permit, approval
licenseprohibition
Authoritative legal ban
ban · revocation · denial · refusal · veto
licenserestraint
Control over impulses
decorum · propriety · discipline · self-discipline · modesty
licenserestriction
Limit on action
constraint · prohibition · suppression · repression · obstruction
- driver's licenseOfficial driving permit
- license plateVehicle identification marker
- artistic licenceCreative deviation from accuracy
- vanity license platePersonalized vehicle registration tag
- drivers licenseState-issued motoring authorization
- marriage licenseLegal authorization to wed
licensed, licence, unlicensed, licensing, licenses, licentious, licences, licenced, licensee