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licensable

licensable

1 4.2
Able to get official permission to do or sell something
  • adjective
  • /ˈlaɪsənsəbl/
  • US
: licenciable
  • Is there something in the transaction that makes it licensable under U.S. law?

Examples

  • Certain software programs are licensable, allowing businesses to use them legally.

  • Those experimental and pilot programs helped develop a licensable technology package for the American lobster culture (Chapman et al., 1988).

    Academic text (1999)
  • Make it applicable and licensable to license it to the bigger companies.

  • The city is just trying to go after any kind of internet revenue-generating operation and add those types of businesses to its list of licensable businesses.

    Blog text (15)
  • To ensure that their candidates are licensable and therefore employable, university teacher-preparation programs will have to revise and focus the priorities of their arts education programs.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The university offers several licensable courses that enable students to obtain professional licenses.

  • For a product to be marketable, it must be licensable and comply with industry regulations.

How Licensable

licensable
  • US
1 4.2
eligible
259 3.9
ineligible
26 5.0

Surface Forms

licensable positive

Morphology

licensable = license (transparent) = license + able

Formed from the verb 'license' + '-able', meaning 'able to be licensed'; this is a direct and productive derivation.

Etymology

Licensable comes from the simple word license, which goes back to the Latin licere meaning 'to be allowed' or 'permission'. So, something licensable is 'able to be given permission' or 'can be licensed', which explains its modern meaning.