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A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. / The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.

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Source Word

license

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈlaɪsəns/

Noun

countable uncountable abbreviation alt-of

Japanese Meaning

公式な許可証や認可の文書（例：運転免許証）、または一定の行為を行うための許可そのもの。 / 特にソフトウェアの使用に関する利用条件や使用許諾契約を指す場合もある。

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Before opening the bakery, she had to obtain a license from the city.

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ベーカリーを開業する前に、彼女は市から許可証を取得しなければなりませんでした。

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Sense（1）

A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.

Hello. I would like to buy a fish licence please.

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Sense（2）

The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.

Thus, while the license will grant the user the right to use the software, a major concern is the scope of that use. For example, will the user be granted the right to copy, modify, or transfer the software?

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Sense（3）

Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).

In some instances, the author took license to include events which never happened, or to purposely create events which may run in the face of popular conjecture if the author felt it would help the story along.

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