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"Permit" Definition

noun

A document or certificate giving permission to do something; a license or warrant: a building permit.
Permission, especially in written form.
A written warrant or license granted by one having authority .
Either of two pompanos ( and ) that are important game fishes of temperate to tropical waters of the western Atlantic.

verb-transitive

To afford opportunity or possibility for: weather that permits sailing.
To allow the doing of (something); consent to: permit the sale of alcoholic beverages.
To grant consent or leave to (someone); authorize: permitted him to explain.

verb-intransitive

To afford opportunity; allow: if circumstances permit.

verb

To consent to expressly or formally .
To give leave .
To make possible .
To give an opportunity .

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