license

permis, licence

Document officiel qui autorise à exercer une activité précise.

En anglais simple : An official document that allows you to do a particular activity.

• My license expires next month.
• She applied for a fishing license.
• Do you have a license to run this business?

Comment l'utiliser : license to do something (You need a license to sell alcohol.)

Synonymes : permit

Expressions courantes : driver’s license, fishing license, business license, valid license

licence

Règles juridiques qui précisent comment utiliser un produit, notamment un logiciel.

En anglais simple : The legal rules that say how someone may use a product, especially a computer program.

• Read the software license carefully.
• This license allows you to share the code.
• Their new license limits the number of users.

Expressions courantes : software license, license agreement, open source license

autoriser, habiliter

Permettre officiellement à une personne ou à une organisation de faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To officially allow a person or organization to do something.

• The council licenses local taxis.
• He is licensed to practise law.
• Only licensed companies may provide this service.

Comment l'utiliser : license someone to do something (The state licensed her to practise medicine.)

Synonymes : authorize, permit

Expressions courantes : license someone, license a business

concéder une licence, autoriser

Autoriser officiellement quelqu’un à utiliser quelque chose, généralement par un accord écrit.

En anglais simple : To officially allow someone to use something, usually through a written agreement.

• They licensed the software to schools.
• The photographer licenses her pictures to publishers.
• We need to license the music before using it.

Comment l'utiliser : license something to someone (The artist licensed the image to a magazine.); license something under something (They licensed the code under an open source agreement.)

Synonymes : authorize, permit

Expressions courantes : license something, license something to someone, license software

permettre, autoriser

Permettre l’emploi d’un mot ou d’une structure selon les règles de grammaire.

En anglais simple : To allow a word or structure to appear according to the rules of grammar.

• This verb licenses a clause.
• Some constructions license a missing subject.
• Which nouns license this type of complement?

Synonymes : permit, allow

Expressions courantes : license a complement, license a clause, license something