Definition of permit Permit
/pɚmɪˈt/ - [permit] - per•mit
We found 23 definitions of permit from 8 different sources.
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What does permit mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: permits |
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| permit - large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies | ||
| Trachinotus falcatus | ||
| permit - a legal document giving official permission to do something | ||
| license, licence | ||
| legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| building permit a document authorizing the holder to construct a building of a particular kind on a particular lot | ||
| driver's licence, driver's license, driving licence, driving license a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle | ||
| fishing licence, fishing license, fishing permit a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time | ||
| game license, hunting licence, hunting license, hunting permit a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time | ||
| learner's permit a document authorizing the bearer to learn to drive an automobile | ||
| letter of mark and reprisal, letter of marque, letters of marque a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation | ||
| liquor licence, liquor license a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages | ||
| marriage licence, marriage license, wedding licence, wedding license a license authorizing two people to marry | ||
| occupation licence, occupation license a license to pursue a particular occupation | ||
| permit - the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization | ||
| license, permission | ||
| empowerment, authorisation, authorization the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant | ||
| clearance permission to proceed; "the plane was given clearance to land" | ||
| conge, congee an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal | ||
| allowance the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room" | ||
| dispensation the act of dispensing (giving out in portions) | ||
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| permit - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" | ||
| allow, let, countenance | ||
| disallow, nix, prohibit, proscribe, forbid, interdict, veto command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" | ||
| grant, allow transfer by deed; "grant land" | ||
| consent, go for, accept tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" | ||
| brook, abide, stomach, stick out, tolerate, endure, digest, put up, suffer, support, stand, bear bear to eat; "He cannot stomach raw fish" | ||
| furlough grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children" | ||
| give proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister" | ||
| permit, tolerate, allow consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" | ||
| authorise, authorize, clear, pass grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" | ||
| let in, include, admit add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; "We must include this chemical element in the group" | ||
| privilege, favor, favour bestow a privilege upon | ||
| decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize, legitimate make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized" | ||
| trust have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" | ||
| allow in, intromit, let in, admit declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" | ||
| permit - allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital" | ||
| allow, tolerate | ||
| countenance, permit, let, allow consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" | ||
| permit - make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off" | ||
| let, allow | ||
| prevent, keep stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" | ||
| pass travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- permit (Noun)
An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. - permit (Noun)
A pompano of the species. - permit (Verb)
To grant formal authorization for something. - permit (Verb)
To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for something.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- permit (v. t.)
To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with. - permit (v. t.)
To grant (one) express license or liberty to do an act; to authorize; to give leave; -- followed by an infinitive. - permit (v. t.)
To give over; to resign; to leave; to commit. - permit (v. i.)
To grant permission; to allow. - permit (n.)
Warrant; license; leave; permission; specifically, a written license or permission given to a person or persons having authority; as, a permit to land goods subject to duty.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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permit
Legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product or a service or is authorised to do specific things. -
permit
To approve a specific action. -
permit
To consent to, to give permission. -
permit
To allow the presence of or allow without opposing or prohibiting.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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permit
per-mit′, v.t. to give leave to: to allow to be or to be done: to afford means: to give opportunity:—pr.p. permit′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. permit′ted.—n. (per′mit) a written permission, esp. from a custom-house officer to remove goods.—n. Permissibil′ity.—adj. Permiss′ible, that may be permitted: allowable.—adv. Permiss′ibly.—n. Permis′sion, act of permitting: liberty granted: allowance.—adj. Permiss′ive, granting permission or liberty: allowing: granted: not hindered.—adv. Permiss′ively, by permission, without prohibition.—ns. Permit′tance, permission; Permittēē′, one to whom permission is granted; Permit′ter, one who permits.—Permissive Bill, a measure embodying the principles of local option for the regulation of the liquor traffic; Permissive laws, laws that permit certain things without enforcing anything. [L. permittĕre, -missum, to let pass through—per, through, mittĕre, to send.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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permit
A license to sell goods that have paid the duties or excise.
Wikipedia 
- A permit is a written document that has been given by a government source. Permits let a person do something that he could not do without the permit. Permits are commonly gotten for these reasons.
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