licence

(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