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prelicensing

prelicensing adjective: prior to receiving a license.

Adjective

prelicensing (not comparable)

  1. Prior to receiving a license.
    • It also requires mortgage brokers and loan originators who work for state-chartered banks to complete at least 20 hours of prelicensing education, pass a licensing test and complete eight hours of continuing education annually.2009 August 23, Bob Tedeschi, “Monitoring Loan Officers”, in New York Times

Origin of prelicensing

From pre- + licensing.

Questions about prelicensing

What does prelicensing mean?
Prelicensing means prior to receiving a license.
What part of speech is prelicensing?
Prelicensing is an adjective.

Words near prelicensing in the dictionary

  1. prelexically
  2. prelibation
  3. prelibations
  4. preliberal
  5. preliberation
  6. prelicensing
  7. prelicensure
  8. prelicked
  9. prelife
  10. preligamentous
  11. prelight

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