Tra từ licence - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

li·cence AW [licence licences licenced licencing] (especially US li·cense)BrE [ˈlaɪsns] NAmE [ˈlaɪsns] noun
1. countable an official document that shows that permission has been given to do, own or use sth
•a driving licence
•~ (for sth) a licence for the software
• Is there a licence fee?
• James lost his licence for six months (= had his licence taken away by the police as a punishment).
•~ (to do sth) You need a licence to fish in this river.
•a licence holder (= a person who has been given a licence)
•a site licence for the new software
2. uncountable, singular ~ (to do sth) (formal)freedom to do or say whatever you want, often sth bad or unacceptable
• Lack of punishment seems to give youngsters licence to break the law.
3. uncountable (formal)freedom to behave in a way that is considered sexually immoral
Idioms: ↑licence to print money ▪ ↑poetic licence ▪ ↑under licence
See also: ↑license

Word Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin licentia ‘freedom, sexually immoral behaviour’ (in medieval Latin ‘authority, permission’), from licere ‘be lawful or permitted’.

Thesaurus:
licence (BrE) (AmE license)noun C
•You need a licence to fish in this river.
permit • • authorization • • franchise • • warrant • • charter • • pass • • papers • • documentation • • certificate •
under (a) licence/franchise/charter
grant (sb) (a) licence/permit/authorization/franchise/warrant/charter
get/obtain (a) licence/permit/authorization/franchise/warrant/charter/pass/papers/documentation/certificate
see/check sb's licence/permit/authorization/pass/papers/documentation/certificate

Example Bank:
•Applicants must hold a valid driving licence.
•He's had his licence taken away.
•I got my driving licence when I was eighteen.
•She gained her private pilot's licence.
•She lost her driving licence when she was caught drink-driving.
•The CD-ROM comes with a single-user licence.
•The bar was refused a music licence.
•The company has won the licence to run trains from the south coast to London.
•The government is currently granting no operating licences to foreign companies.
•The licence expires at the end of the year.
•The weapons were exported under a special export licence.
•They are Italian trains, but they will be built in Britain under licence.
•You can buy a TV licence at the post office.
•You have to have a licence to sell beer.
•a licence for software manufacture
•a licence from the Performing Rights Society
•Do you have a valid driving licence?
•He did not have a gun licence.
•His licence was revoked by the court.
•Most households in the UK are required to have a TV/television licence.
•She lost her licence for six months.
•The beer is brewed under licence in the UK.
•The premises did not have an entertainment licence.
•Who holds the licence for these premises?
•Your local authority should be able to issue you with a licence.
•a liquor licence
•a marriage licence
•an export licence