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licence
verbs
have a licence
• Café Metropole does not yet have a license to sell liquor.
hold a licence
British English (= have a licence )
• Police said that the man did not hold a firearms licence.
get/gain/obtain a licence
• New private pilots must fly for at least fifty hours before getting their licences.
apply for a licence
• A doctor who moves to another state must apply for a license to practice medicine there.
grant/issue a licence
• He was granted his flying instructor’s licence.
renew a licence
• The licence must be renewed yearly.
lose your licence
• The police caught him driving while drunk and he will now lose his licence.
a licence runs out
( also a licence expires formal ) (= it ends )
• Her driver’s license had expired.
take away sb’s licence
( also revoke somebody's licence formal )
• The doctor had his license revoked after he was found to be on drugs.
types of licence
a driving licence
British English , a driver's license American English
• 80 percent of 18 year olds had a driver’s license.
a pilot’s licence
• She became the youngest woman to hold a pilot’s licence.
a television licence
British English (= which allows you to use your television and pays for public television programmes )
• Buying a television means you will need a television licence.
a marriage licence
(= a licence that allows two people to marry each other )
• We went to get a marriage licence.
a fishing/hunting licence
(= a licence that allows you to fish/hunt )
• He renewed his hunting license.
an import/export licence
• An export licence was issued in August last year.
a provisional licence
British English (= a temporary driving licence before you get your full licence )
• Learner drivers need to obtain a provisional licence.
a full licence
(= one that is not temporary and has no restrictions )
• They offer insurance cover for drivers over 25 and under 70 years of age with a full licence.
licence + NOUN
the licence holder
British English (= the person who has a licence )
• the licence holder of a public house
a licence fee
(= money you have to pay to get a licence )
• The BBC is funded by a licence fee which all television owners have to pay.
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noun ADJ. valid | special | car, driving | marriage | export, gaming, import, operating, trade, trading The government is currently granting no operating licences to foreig | television/TV | gun | software, user The CD-ROM comes with a single-user licence. | entertainment, music The bar was refused a music licence. | hotel, refreshment, restaurant VERB + LICENCE have, hold You have to have a licence to sell beer. Applicants must hold a valid driving licence. | buy, gain, get, obtain, win You can buy a TV licence at the post office. She gained her private pilot's licence. I got my driving licence when I was eighteen. The company has won the licence to run trains from the south coast to London. | apply for, make an application for | grant (sb), issue | refuse sb | revoke, take away He's had his licence taken away. | renew | lose She lost her driving licence when she was caught drink-driving. LICENCE + VERB expire, run out The licence expires at the end of the year. LICENCE + NOUN fee, holder PREP. in a/the ~ All these details are specified in the licence. | under a/the ~ The weapons were exported under a special export licence. | under ~ They are Italian trains, but they will be built in Britain under licence. | ~ for a licence for software manufacture | ~ from a licence from the Performing Rights Society PHRASES the holder of a licence
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