licence: translation
(BrE) (AmE license) noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ valid
▪ full
▪ special
▪ compulsory (esp. AmE)
▪ driver's (AmE), driving (BrE), pilot (AmE), pilot's (esp. BrE)
▪ car
▪ marriage
▪ business, commercial, export, import, operating, trade, trading
▪ The government is currently granting no operating licences to foreign companies.
▪ casino, gaming
▪ fishing, hunting
▪ television, TV (both in the UK)
▪ gun
▪ software
▪ entertainment, music
▪ The bar was refused a music licence.
▪ hotel, liquor (AmE), refreshment, restaurant
▪ medical, teaching
▪ exclusive
VERB + LICENCE/LICENSE
▪ have, hold
▪ You have to have a licence to sell beer.
▪ Applicants must hold a valid driving/driver's licence.
▪ buy, gain (formal), get, obtain, receive, win
▪ She gained her private pilot's licence.
▪ I got my licence when I was eighteen.
▪ apply for, make an application for
▪ award (sb), grant (sb), issue (sb)
▪ deny sb, refuse sb
▪ revoke, suspend, take away
▪ He's had his licence taken away.
▪ renew
▪ lose
▪ She lost her driving licence when she was caught over the limit.
LICENCE/LICENSE + VERB
▪ expire, run out
▪ The licence expires at the end of the year.
LICENCE/LICENSE + NOUN
▪ fee
▪ holder
▪ number, plate (both AmE)
▪ agreement
▪ application
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the licence
▪ All these details are specified in the licence.
▪ under a/the licence
▪ The weapons were exported under a special export licence.
▪ under licence
▪ They are Italian trains, but they will be built in Germany under licence.
▪ licence for
▪ a licence for software manufacture
▪ licence from
▪ a licence from the Performing Rights Society
PHRASES
▪ the holder of a licence