(historical) In medieval Britain, a licence, granted by the king, giving permission to fortify a manor house (with crenellations and other fortifying features).

Any departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken by a writer to achieve a desired effect.

plural of licence plate

plural of liquor licence

(law) A permit to sell alcoholic beverages.

(Britain) a driver's licence; an official identification document which states the recipient may drive a motorised vehicle.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see licence, to, print, money. / (colloquial, idiomatic) A means of generating a large income with little effort.

plural of road fund licence

present participle of fly without a licence

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fly, without, a, license. / (informal, humorous, mostly used in continuous tenses) To inadvertently have one's flies (trouser opening) undone.