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Synonyms & Antonyms for license
Synonyms: Noun
allowance, authorization, clearance, concurrence, consent, granting, green light, leave, permission, sanction, sufferance, warrant
Synonyms: Verb
accredit, authorize, certify, charter [British], commission, empower, enable, invest, qualify, vest, warrant
Antonyms: Noun
interdiction, prohibition, proscription
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of license in a Sentence
Noun
The restaurant's owner applied for a license to sell liquor. His job as a reporter gives him license to go anywhere and ask anything.Verb
The restaurant has now been licensed to sell liquor. a new drug licensed by the government The company licensed its name to others.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Delaware State Police have indefinitely suspended the license of the Little People Child Development Center. — Ben Kesslen, NBC News, "Delaware day care worker charged with murder in death of 4-month-old under her watch," 8 Sep. 2019 The Office of Childcare Licensing has suspended the license of the center indefinitely. — Isabel Hughes, USA TODAY, "Child care worker charged with killing infant who wouldn't stop crying," 6 Sep. 2019 Naperville has opted to not allow the sale of recreational marijuana when Mary Jane becomes legal in January, despite the fact that a shop in the city has been granted one of the very first licenses to sell the product to the public. — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, "tl;dr: Naperville children shouldn’t know what weed smells like, Starbucks runs out of scones, the Bears embarrass themselves," 6 Sep. 2019 Jazwares won the license last year to produce toys for Fortnite, the popular shooting game owned by Epic Games Inc. — Los Angeles Times, "Toymaker Jakks Pacific gets a takeover offer from Jazwares’ parent," 5 Sep. 2019 How about being that rare coach’s son who never knew the license that comes with playing quarterback for his father? — Les Carpenter, The Denver Post, "Case Keenum is an unwanted QB who keeps winning jobs. He “wouldn’t have it any other way.”," 5 Sep. 2019 The first liquor license was issued to a bar at the 300 W. 30th St. location in 1934, according to a history on The Dizz’s website. — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, "Formerly for sale, The Dizz closes in Remington," 4 Sep. 2019 The State Medical Board revoked the license of John Temponeras. — John Caniglia, cleveland.com, "‘Unfathomable’: How 1.6 million pills from a small-town doctor helped fuel the opioid crisis in Ohio," 1 Sep. 2019 The Office of Child Care had revoked the license of a day care operated by the Joneses in April 2017 after state child welfare investigators concluded that children were given without their parents’ consent. — oregonlive.com, "Two caregivers plead guilty to charges tied to baby’s death at Hood River day care," 27 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The company argues that, for example, their contract with Soundgarden is triggered by royalty money from uses from masters licensed by UMG to others -- not settlement and insurance payments. — Claudia Rosenbaum, Billboard, "Soundgarden Hits Back at Unive