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licence

/ˈlaɪ.səns/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈlɑe.səns/ Australia
/ˈlaɪsəns/ New Zealand
[ˈlɑe̯.səns] New Zealand

noun licences

countable, uncountable UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license. In some areas they have attempted to decasualize certain types of employment and to control street-trading by a local licensing system requiring juveniles to obtain their licences through the committees.

verb licences · licencing · licenced

Canada, South Africa, UK, misspelling, nonstandard Misspelling of license

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: license, certify, authorise, licenced, royalty, licencing, graduated, baccalaureate, degree, graduate, undergraduate, letter, franchise, authorised, licentiate, registration

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@misc{licence_2026,
  title = {licence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/licence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}