licenced
licenced is the simple past and past participle of licence.
licenced is the alternative form of licensed.
Meaning of licence
Noun
licence (countable and uncountable, plural licences)
- 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.1944, The Labour Gazette, volume 44, page 720
Meaning of licensed
Adjective
licensed (not comparable)
- Having been issued with a licence (by the required authority).
- Only licensed exterminators can purchase rat poison in this state.
- Allowed to sell alcohol.
- The opening hours of licensed premises are restricted to prevent all-night drinking.
- Authorized by licence.
- Even licensed fishing has a major effect on the fish population in the river.
- Based on an existing piece of intellectual property and sold under licence.
- Although they sell well, licensed video games are seldom critically acclaimed.
Words formed from licenced
Phrases with licenced
Questions about licenced
- What is licenced the simple past and past participle of?
- Licenced is the simple past and past participle of licence.
Words near licenced in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: licenced (page history and authors); licence (page history and authors); licensed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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