license

Signification

Noun

1. A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
2. The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
3. Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
4. Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
5. Short for driver's license.

Verb

1. To authorize officially.
2. (applied to a piece of intellectual property)
3. (applied to a piece of intellectual property)
4. To give permission or freedom to; accept.
5. To permit (as grammatically correct).

Coupé comme

li‧cense

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlaɪsəns/

Étymologie

From Middle English licence, licens, lisence, lissens, licance, from Old French licence, from Latin licentia (“license”), from licens, present participle of licere (“to be allowed, be allowable”); compare linquere, Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave”).