(BrE also less frequent licence) verb
to give sb official permission to do, own, or use sth:
[VN] The new drug has not yet been licensed in the UK. * (BrE) licensing hours (= the times when alcohol can be sold at a pub, etc.) * [VNtoinf] They had licensed the firm to produce the drug.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for license is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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