licence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈlaɪsəns/ (New-Zealand)
- [ˈlɑe̯.səns] (New-Zealand)
- /ˈlɑe.səns/ (Australia)
- /ˈlaɪ.səns/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Australia) audio
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Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license.
Serlio criticises the artistic licence taken by both ancient and contemporary architects, here specifically related to the confusion created by the rich decoration of the arch–in his illustrations, he stripped the monument of most of its beautifully […]
2017, Allison Sherman, Artistic Practices and Cultural Transfer in Early Modern Italy: Essays in Honour of Deborah Howard, Routledge, →ISBN:In some areas they have attempted to decasualize certain types of employment and to control street-trading by a local licensing system requiring juveniles to obtain their licences through the committees.
1944, The Labour Gazette, volume 44, page 720:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| licences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
licenceless · licencelike · licence to print money · licencee · driving licence · free on license · public licence · licence laundering · fly without a licence · multi-licence · licentiate · multilicence · pen licence · marriage licence · firearms licence · driver's licence · licence plate · high licence · driver licence · road fund licence · licentiously · artistic licence · liquor licence · licentiousness · licence to crenellate · poetic licence · licentious · licenced · sublicence · gun licence · special licence · sub-licence · off-licence · off licence