Licensor vs. License — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Licensor and License
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Licensor
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).
License
A license (American English) or licence (British English) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit).A license is granted by a party to another party as an element of an agreement between those parties. In the case of a license issued by a government, the license is obtained by applying for it.
Licensor
A document, card, plate, or tag that is issued as proof of official or legal permission
A driver's license.
License
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).
Licensor
A contract allowing someone to use a proprietary product or service
Has a site license for that software.
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License
A document, card, plate, or tag that is issued as proof of official or legal permission
A driver's license.
Licensor
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).
License
A contract allowing someone to use a proprietary product or service
Has a site license for that software.
Licensor
Poetic license.
License
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).
Licensor
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).
License
Poetic license.
Licensor
Heedlessness for the precepts of proper behavior, especially with regard to sex
"noir stories of the consequences of sexual license" (Foster Hirsch).
License
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).
Licensor
An excuse or justification to do something wrong
People who see low-fat labels as a license to eat larger amounts.
License
Heedlessness for the precepts of proper behavior, especially with regard to sex
"noir stories of the consequences of sexual license" (Foster Hirsch).
Licensor
To give or yield permission to or for
"Deep down I wondered what licensed me to speak" (Jan Clausen).
License
An excuse or justification to do something wrong
People who see low-fat labels as a license to eat larger amounts.
Licensor
To grant a license to or for; authorize.
License
To give or yield permission to or for
"Deep down I wondered what licensed me to speak" (Jan Clausen).
Licensor
(legal) A party that grants a license to another.
License
To grant a license to or for; authorize.
License
A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
License
The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
License
Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
License
Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
License
To authorize officially.
I am licensed to practice law in this state.
License
(transitive) (applied to a piece of intellectual property)
License
To give formal authorization to use.
It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL.
License
To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation.
The filmmakers licensed several iconic 80's songs for the soundtrack.
License
(transitive) To give permission or freedom to; accept.
License
To permit (as grammatically correct).
No English adverbs have mandatory complements, and most don't even license optional ones.
License
Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors.
To have a license and a leave at London to dwell.
License
The document granting such permission.
License
Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.
License they mean when they cry liberty.
License
That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc.
License
To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach.
License
A legal document giving official permission to do something
License
Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
License
Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint;
When liberty becomes license dictatorship is near
The intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum
License
The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
License
Authorize officially;
I am licensed to practice law in this state
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