Definition of "licencing" []

• Present participle of licence. (verb)

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• "I keep thinking at 3. 30am on a Saturday/Sunday morning I would like to see the Home Secretary stand in our town and say that 24 hour licencing is a good idea and works."
• "If driver and vehicle licencing is something that shouldn't be separated, why should historical conservation?"
• "The licencing is for Houses in Multiple Occupation and there is broad political support for their creation as they give more power to local authorities to stop cowboy landlords and will, hopefully, save lives."