licensed

licensed
[[t]la͟ɪs(ə)nst[/t]]
1) ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf If you are licensed to do something, you have official permission from the government or from the authorities to do it.

There were about 250 people on board, about 100 more than the ferry was licensed to carry.

...a licensed doctor.

2) ADJ If something that you own or use is licensed, you have official permission to own it or use it.

While searching the house they discovered an unlicensed shotgun and a licensed rifle.

3) ADJ If a place such as a restaurant or hotel is licensed, it has been given a licence to sell alcoholic drinks. [BRIT]

...licensed premises...

The restaurant is licensed, offering draught beers, wines, spirits and soft drinks.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Licensed — License Li cense (l[imac] sens), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Licensed} (l[imac] senst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Licensing}.] To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach. Milton. Shak. Syn: licence, certify. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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