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licensing

licensing

49 3.4
Official permission given by an authority to do something
  • noun
  • /ˈlaɪsən̩sɪŋ/
  • Formal
translation icon : otorgamiento de licencias
  • In 1988, the Seychelles collected $4.9 million in licensing fees and earned another $1.9 million in transshipment charges.
  • licensing requirements
  • licensing and certification
  • import licensing

You don't need any kind of paperwork or licensing to operate this UAV.

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Examples

  • The restaurant must complete the licensing process before opening to the public.

  • Mr. Buchenhorner's current responsibilities with IBM include licensing intellectual property in Latin America.

    Academic text (1995)
  • You should have some licensing process, OK.

  • According to the state licensing board, neither am I.

  • Why is the licensing of this plant important to California?

  • There is some emphasis in the rules about licensing to small companies.

  • But you are aware that there are laws governing the licensing and training of medical personnel?

  • Our students are introduced to the Creative Commons licensing structure as an alternative to the "all rights reserved" approach.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Other factors, including licensing requirements and increasing government regulation, also encouraged the trend toward specialization.

    Academic text (1994)
  • State departments of education frequently use imposed policy in setting licensing standards for teachers or curricular standards for schools.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

licensure
vslicensing
  • Specialized
5 7.0

An official process that gives people legal permission to work in a regulated job

is the general process of giving official permission not limited to professions

Compounds

licensing fee
  • Formal
5 3.4

A payment to a government or other official group for permission to do an activity

3 4.2

A contract that lets someone use another person's invention, brand, or creative work

How Official

certification
51 4.1
licensing
  • Formal
49 3.4
permit
262 2.1
permission
1.0

Surface Forms

licensing singular
licensings plural

Morphology

licensing = license (transparent) = license + ing

The noun is a regular -ing nominalization of the verb 'license', so the meaning is directly recoverable from the base word.

Etymology

Licensing comes from an old Latin verb licere, which means 'to be allowed'. So licensing is the official act of giving someone 'permission' to do something, like drive a car.