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Permits, British style (8 letter answer)

The Answer

LICENCES

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Notes

The answer LICENCES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.

Definition

LICENCE as a noun:

1. (license, licence) = excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
2. (license, licence) = freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
3. (license, licence, permit) = a legal document giving official permission to do something

LICENCE as a verb:

1. (license, licence, certify) = authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"