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licence

Document issued by a government or other recognized authority conveying permission to the holder to do something otherwise prohibited, and designed to facilitate accurate records, the maintenance of order, and collection of revenue.

Examples are licenses required for marriage, driving, keeping a gun, and for sale of alcohol. The term also refers to permission (in writing or not) granted by a private person or corporation for use of that person's or corporation's property such as written material, computer software, artistic production, and manufacturing process, product, or likeness.
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I have tried in vain to get a licence upon credit at the Post Office;" said Pickles.
The Original Peter Rabbit Books by Potter, Beatrix View in context
In a similar feeling of delicacy, we were always blithe and light-hearted with the licence clients.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
On these occasions, he would redouble in energy, and declare that black was white, and blue yellow, with much conviction and heat of manner; but in the morning such a licence of debate weighed upon him like a crime, and he would seek out his father, where he walked before breakfast on a terrace overlooking all the vale of Thyme.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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