Examples of “license” in a Sentence

noun The American spelling of the noun licence: an official document or permission to own, use or do something. In British English the noun is spelled licence and license is the verb.

• She showed her driver's license at the desk.
• You need a license to fish in this river, according to the sign.
• The shop owner applied for a license to sell music at the weekend market.

verb To give official permission or authorization to do something.

• The city licenses food trucks to operate on public streets.
• She was licensed to practice law in three states.
• The council will license only a few new market stalls in the town square this year.

verb To grant or obtain formal permission to use a piece of intellectual property, often for payment.

• The studio licensed the song for use in the commercial.
• The museum licenses its photographs to magazines and charges a fee for each use.
• If you want to use that font in your app, you must license it first.