Permitted vs Licensed - What's the difference?
permitted | licensed | Related terms |
(permit)
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(of a person or enterprise) having been issued with a licence (by the required authority)
# (of a shop or restaurant) allowed to sell alcohol
(of an activity) authorized by licence
# (of a product) based on an existing piece of intellectual property and sold under licence.
(license)
Permitted is a related term of licensed.
As verbs the difference between permitted and licensed
is that permitted is (permit) while licensed is (license).As an adjective licensed is
(of a person or enterprise) having been issued with a licence (by the required authority).permitted
English
Verb
(head)- They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
licensed
English
Adjective
(-)- Only licensed exterminators can purchase rat poison in this state.
- The opening hours of licensed premises are restricted to prevent all-night drinking.
- Even licensed fishing has a major effect on the fish population in the river.
- Although they sell well, licensed video games are seldom critically acclaimed.