license vs mandate

license

verb
  • To authorize officially. 

  • To give permission or freedom to; accept. 

  • To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation. 

  • To permit (as grammatically correct). 

  • To give formal authorization to use. 

noun
  • The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software. 

  • A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. 

  • Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech). 

  • Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. 

mandate

verb
  • To authorize. 

  • To make mandatory. 

noun
  • An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I. 

  • A period during which a government is in power. 

  • Such a territory. 

  • An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization. 

  • The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate. 

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