n.

1. （法律上的）許可，特許[U][+to-v]
   under licence

   領有執照

2. 許可證；執照；牌照[C][+to-v]
   We had a licence to sell beer.

   我們有出售啤酒的許可證。

3. 放縱，放肆[U]
   Too much licence was taken in translating the book.

   這本書譯得太離譜了。

4. （藝術作品的）破格，不拘一格[U]
   poetic licence

   詩歌上的破格

vt.

1. 給……發許可證；批准；准許[O2]
   She is licenced to practice nursing.

   她獲准從事護理工作。

n.

1. a permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade (especially in alcohol).
   ▸formal or official permission.
2. freedom to behave without restraint.
3. a writer's or artist's freedom to deviate from facts or accepted conventions.