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license
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be a licence to print money (British & Australian, American)
if a company or activity is a licence to print money, it causes people to become very rich without having to make any effort. These shopping channels are just a licence to print money.
See also: money, print

poetic license

the way in which writers and other artists are allowed to ignore rules or change facts in their work. It's obvious the writer was using a certain amount of poetic licence because the route she mentions has been closed for 50 years.
See also: poetic

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We also have different rules in respect to criminal responsibility, to be on licenced premises, to consume alcohol, to marry without parental consent, and to buy and use firearms.
The newly licenced foreign graduates received their medical education from 91 different countries.
Written by licenced home childcare provider, wife, mother, and devout Christian Ardis Gordon, Child Caring includes a wide selection of inexpensive, quality children's activities, lists of family-friendly books especially for preschoolers and toddlers, ideas for kid-friendly recipes, ways to make education fun, emotional support, and much more.
 
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