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licence
noun
an
official
document
that
proves
you
are
allowed
by
law
to
do
something
•
He
showed
the
police
officer
his
driving
licence
.
He
showed
the
police
officer
his
driving
licence
.
•
Our
pub
can
’
t
sell
beer
without
a
liquor
licence
.
Our
pub
can
’
t
sell
beer
without
a
liquor
licence
.
Same
origin
as
American
“
license
”;
Middle
English
via
Old
French
from
Latin
‘
licentia
’.
noun
-
licence
freedom
to
do
something
in
a
way
that
is
not
normally
accepted
,
especially
in
creative
work
•
The
novelist
used
poetic
licence
to
change
the
setting
to
a
different
century
.
The
novelist
used
poetic
licence
to
change
the
setting
to
a
different
century
.
•
Editors
accused
the
journalist
of
taking
too
much
licence
with
the
facts
.
Editors
accused
the
journalist
of
taking
too
much
licence
with
the
facts
.
Same
development
as
US
sense
;
by
the
18th
century
‘
licence
’
also
meant
freedom
beyond
normal
limits
.
