Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act or an instance of granting a license, usually to practice a profession.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The granting of a license; the act of licensing, as of an unordained preacher in a church of the Presbyterian order. See licentiate, n., 1 .

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare A licensing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act of conferring a license for an activity
  • noun The condition of being licensed

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Examples

  • The first step to licensure is a degree in ENGINEERING from an ABET (the accredidation organization for engineering schools) accredited school.

    India and the U.S., Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Office of War Information "implicitly threatened to remove licensure from the Polish language radio stations in Detroit and Buffalo if they did not cease broadcasting the details of executions."

    The Fog Over Katyn Forest Bret Stephens 2010

  • Office of War Information "implicitly threatened to remove licensure from the Polish language radio stations in Detroit and Buffalo if they did not cease broadcasting the details of executions."

    The Fog Over Katyn Forest Bret Stephens 2010

  • Office of War Information "implicitly threatened to remove licensure from the Polish language radio stations in Detroit and Buffalo if they did not cease broadcasting the details of executions."

    The Fog Over Katyn Forest Bret Stephens 2010

  • Only a very small subset of engineers obtain licensure.

    India and the U.S., Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Keep in mind that neither of these groups have anything to do with medical licensure, which is handled by the state boards.

    Rand Paul: I passed my opthamalogy certification, but took a stand against the way the board operates 2010

  • State Board of Cosmetology requirements for graduation and application for licensure, which is required to practice as a professional esthetician in Georgia, and other states.

    PRWeb - Daily News Feed 2010

  • State Board of Cosmetology requirements for graduation and application for licensure, which is required to practice as a professional esthetician in Georgia, and other states.

    PRWeb - Daily News Feed 2010

  • State Board of Cosmetology requirements for graduation and application for licensure, which is required to practice as a professional esthetician in Georgia, and other states.

    PRWeb - Daily News Feed 2010

  • The American Medical Association and the Ohio State Medical Association are among the organizations that take issue with the idea of licensure for midwives in a home setting.

    daytondailynews.com - News 2010

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