license, licence, permit
(noun) a legal document giving official permission to do something
license, licence
(noun) freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
license, licence
(noun) excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; “when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near”- Will Durant; “the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum”- Edmund Burke
license, licence, certify
(verb) authorize officially; “I am licensed to practice law in this state”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
licence (countable and uncountable, plural licences)
(British, Canada, Australia, South Africa) Standard spelling of license.
licence (third-person singular simple present licences, present participle licencing, simple past and past participle licenced)
(UK, Canada, South Africa, nonstandard) Alternative form of license
• In British English, Canadian English, Irish English, Australian English, South African English, and New Zealand English the noun is spelled licence and the verb is license.
• The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.
Source: Wiktionary
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
