license
nounUK /ˈlaɪsəns/
US /ˈlaɪsəns/
An official card or paper that says you are allowed to do something.
She got her driver's license when she turned sixteen.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. Official permission to do or own something.
The restaurant needs a license to sell alcohol.
3. Freedom to do something that might otherwise be wrong.
The poet took license with the facts to make the story better.
4. To give official permission for something.
The city licenses food trucks to sell snacks in the park.