Licenced vs. Licensed — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Licenced and Licensed
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Licenced
Simple past tense and past participle of licence
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Licensed
Official or legal permission to engage in a regulated activity
"He believed that the subcommittee gave him license to interrogate anyone about any possible links to communism" (Donald A. Ritchie).
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Licenced
Alternative form of licensed
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Licensed
A document, card, plate, or tag that is issued as proof of official or legal permission
A driver's license.
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Licenced
Given official approval to act;
An accredited college
Commissioned broker
Licensed pharmacist
Authorized representative
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Licensed
A contract allowing someone to use a proprietary product or service
Has a site license for that software.
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Licensed
Freedom of action or permission to act
"Doctors labeled many of the organs of the immune system 'functionless' ... giving surgeons license to remove them with abandon" (Andrew Weil).
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Licensed
Poetic license.
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Licensed
Lack of due restraint; excessive freedom
"It is important to preserve freedom only for people who are willing to practice self-denial, for otherwise freedom degenerates into license and irresponsibility" (Milton Friedman).
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Licensed
Heedlessness for the precepts of proper behavior, especially with regard to sex
"noir stories of the consequences of sexual license" (Foster Hirsch).
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Licensed
An excuse or justification to do something wrong
People who see low-fat labels as a license to eat larger amounts.
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Licensed
To give or yield permission to or for
"Deep down I wondered what licensed me to speak" (Jan Clausen).
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Licensed
To grant a license to or for; authorize.
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Licensed
(of a person or enterprise) having been issued with a licence (by the required authority)
Only licensed exterminators can purchase rat poison in this state.
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Licensed
(of a shop or restaurant) allowed to sell alcohol
The opening hours of licensed premises are restricted to prevent all-night drinking.
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Licensed
(of an activity) authorized by licence
Even licensed fishing has a major effect on the fish population in the river.
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Licensed
(of a product) based on an existing piece of intellectual property and sold under licence.
Although they sell well, licensed video games are seldom critically acclaimed.
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Licensed
Simple past tense and past participle of license
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Licensed
Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, a licensed victualer; a licensed traffic.
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Licensed
Given official approval to act;
An accredited college
Commissioned broker
Licensed pharmacist
Authorized representative
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