Permit vs. License
Permitverb
To hand over, resign (something to someone).
Permitverb
(transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
Permitverb
(transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
Permitverb
(intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible.
Permitverb
(intransitive) To allow, to admit (of).
Permitverb
To grant formal authorization for (something).
Permitverb
To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
Permitnoun
(obsolete) Formal permission.
Permitnoun
An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
Permitnoun
A learner's permit.
Permitnoun
A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.
Permitverb
To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.
Permitverb
To grant (one) express license or liberty to do an act; to authorize; to give leave; - followed by an infinitive.
Permitverb
To give over; to resign; to leave; to commit.
Permitverb
To grant permission; to allow.
Permitnoun
Warrant; license; leave; permission; specifically, a written license or permission given to a person or persons having authority; as, a permit to land goods subject to duty.
Permitnoun
A large pompano (Trachinotus goodei) of the West Indies, Florida, etc. It becomes about three feet long.
Permitnoun
a legal document giving official permission to do something
Permitnoun
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Permitnoun
large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies
Permitverb
consent to, give permission;
Permitverb
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen;
Permitverb
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting;
Licensenoun
A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
Licensenoun
The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
Licensenoun
Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
Licensenoun
Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
Licenseverb
The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.
Licenseverb
Authorize officially.
Licensenoun
Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors.
Licensenoun
The document granting such permission.
Licensenoun
Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.
Licensenoun
That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc.
Licenseverb
To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach.
Licensenoun
a legal document giving official permission to do something
Licensenoun
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
Licensenoun
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint;
Licensenoun
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Licenseverb
authorize officially;
License
A license (American English) or licence (British English) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit).A license is granted by a party to another party as an element of an agreement between those parties. In the case of a license issued by a government, the license is obtained by applying for it.
