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license

noun li·cense

Medical Definition of LICENSE

:  a permission granted by competent authority to engage in a business or occupation or in an activity otherwise unlawful <a license to practice medicine>
license or chiefly British licence transitive verb, li·censed or chiefly British li·cenced li·cens·ing or chiefly British li·cenc·ing

Variants of LICENSE

li·cense or chiefly British li·cence \ˈlīs-ən(t)s\

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