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license

US /ˈlaɪsəns/

noun, verb Core · B1 Kinh doanh chung

Definition

a legal document giving official permission to do something

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

You need a license to operate a restaurant in this city.

Word Family

NounNoun
license gốc licensee licenser
VerbVerb
license gốc
AdjectiveAdj
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AdverbAdv
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Synonyms

  • permita legal document giving official permission to do something
  • authorizationa document giving an official instruction or command
  • certificatea document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

Collocations

  • Easy driver's license
    a collocation phrase: driver's license
  • Medium business operating license
    describing business operating license (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it)
  • Hard grant an exclusive software license
    to grant an exclusive software license, meaning to let have
  • Very Hard artistic license in interpretation
    describing artistic license in interpretation (relating to or characteristic of art or artists)

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