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  • noun Plural form of permit.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of permit.

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Examples

  • Manufacturers of cigarettes must obtain permits from the tobacco-tax bureau, comply with recordkeeping rules and pay $10.07 in federal excise taxes for each carton of cigarettes they make.

    Cigarette Ruling Deals a Blow to 'Roll-Your-Own' Retail Shops David Kesmodel 2010

  • Not because she doesn't buy the theory of natural selection -- nearly every reputable biologist does -- but because the use of the term permits opponents of science to oversimplify and be "grossly misleading" in their criticisms of evolutionary theory.

    RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • All of the work done on the second house had properly filed plans and building permits from the Palacio Municipal.

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  • One of the myriad headaches she's faced has been dealing with permits from the city.

    'Rally To Restore Sanity' Chicago Marches On, Despite Snags Will Guzzardi 2010

  • I think the big lesson I take from this and other threads about vehicle importation permits is that it's really not worth it to bring a foreign-plated vehicle into México.

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  • I think the big lesson I take from this and other threads about vehicle importation permits is that it's really not worth it to bring a foreign-plated vehicle into México.

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  • I think the big lesson I take from this and other threads about vehicle importation permits is that it's really not worth it to bring a foreign-plated vehicle into México.

    Page 2 2009

  • All of the work done on the second house had properly filed plans and building permits from the Palacio Municipal.

    Page 2 2009

  • This will of course result in much higher energy bills for the general public because they will be forced to buy permits from the government to emit the deadly life-giving gas carbon dioxide.

    Think Progress » For eighth day, climate activists block bulldozers at WV’s Coal River Mountain. 2010

  • I think the big lesson I take from this and other threads about vehicle importation permits is that it's really not worth it to bring a foreign-plated vehicle into México.

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