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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง Licence (British spellin) 

- License (US spelling) = ‘LAHY-suhns

 

NECTEC’s Lexitron-2 Dictionary

ให้คำแปล Licence = N. การ/ใบ อนุญาต VT. อนุญาต 

 

Dictionary.com

VOCAB BUILDER

What does license mean?

License means permission to do something,

especially formal permission from a government or other authority.

The word often refers to the proof of that permission,

such as a card or certificate.

 

A license can be required for many different kinds of activities,

especially those that may be considered dangerous

if a person does not have the proper training.

 

The most common types of licenses are

driver’s licenses, professional licenses, and licenses for businesses.

 

Those who hold such licenses are said to be licensed.

 

License can also be used as a verb, 

meaning “to grant permission”

or “to give a license to.”

 

In British English, it is commonly spelled licence.

 

Example: 

I have permission to operate here, 

and if you doubt it you can even see my license

 

How is license used in real life?

License is commonly used to refer to the document 

that proves that you have permission to do something,

such as 

drive a car, practice medicine, serve alcohol, operate a boat, hunt, fish, and many other activities.

 

Where does license come from?

The first records of license in English come from the 1300s. 

It comes from the Latin word licentia, which means “authorization” or “freedom” 

and is based on the Latin verb licēre, meaning “to be allowed.”

 

In a general sense, license refers to permission.

But it most commonly refers to official permission,

especially from a government.

 

Your driver’s license is the card in your wallet 

with a bad picture of you on it, 

but that card represents the permission 

you have been given to drive.

 

In most places, 

you have to earn that permission by taking a test 

and proving that you’re a good driver 

(OK, that you have a basic ability to operate a vehicle). 

 

The same thing goes for many licenses, 

including those to practice law or medicine

—you have to prove that you have the knowledge 

or skill necessary to do those things, 

because otherwise you could seriously hurt people 

or mess up their lives. 

 

There are many other examples of 

professions that require licenses, 

and there are also licenses for recreational activities. 

 

In some places, you need a hunting license or a fishing license.

It’s not only individual people who can hold licenses

—some organizations and businesses require licenses, too.

 

For example, 

in the United States, restaurants need a license to serve alcohol.

 

Though license is most commonly used in an official sense,

it can be used generally to mean “permission” or “authority,”

as in 

Your promotion doesn’t give you a license to be rude to your coworkers.

 

License is sometimes used in a figurative sense,

as in poetic license, 

which is the freedom of artists to change something for effect, 

even if it’s not correct or realistic.

 

James Bond’s famous license to kill 

isn’t figurative or metaphorical

—he literally has permission to kill people 

if he considers it necessary to complete a mission 

 

(in fact, that’s what it means to have “double-0” status 

in the books and movies in which Agent 007 appears).