Collocations for "license"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "license" in context.
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license
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [driving, hunting, television, broadcasting, pub, business] license
- [got, obtained, received] his [driver's] license
- apply for a [driving] license
- has had a [driving] license for [five] years
- has [no, six] points on her (driver's) license
- a driver's license is (not) valid ID
- [ID, identifying] documents such your driver's license
- [issue, approve, grant] a license (for)
- has a license to serve [food, drinks, alcohol]
- [booked, arrested, fined] for driving without a license
- the doctor had his license [revoked, annulled, cancelled]
- lost his license
- a [software, program] license
- a license can be obtained [from, by]
- given license to [proceed, operate, practice]
- a license to kill
- the use of poetic license
- license [weapons, guns, firearms]
- license [doctors, professionals, surgeons]
- license a [product, pharmaceutical]
- license a [product] for [consumption, production, use, sale]
- licensed for [private, medical, specific] uses
- license the [production, manufacturing, distribution] (of)
- license [fishing, hunting, refereeing, shooting]
- licensed by [the FDA, authorities, the government]
- licensed to [sell, produce, practice]
- license [stands, stalls, vending machines]
- license [stands] in the [market, mall, stadium]
- licensed in [the USA, Europe, all countries]
- licensed under [law, regulations, an act]
- [sign, authorize] the license agreement
'license' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
French
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Swedish
- Swiss
- airplane
- breeding
- carry
- casual
- construct
- copyright
- council
- culture
- dispense
- donor
- drive
- driver
- endorse
- expire
- extension
- false
- fishing
- flying
- forge
- free
- game
- good
- gun
- hunter
- hunting
- import
- issuance
- issue
- manufacture
- marriage
- mechanical
- merchandise
- number
- operator
- package
- photo
- plate
- practitioner
- print
- provisional
- public
- renewal
- signature
- software