permit
verb
• officially allow (someone) to do something.
• "the law permits councils to monitor any factory emitting smoke"
Similar:
allow,
let,
authorize,
sanction,
grant,
grant someone the right,
license,
empower,
enable,
entitle,
qualify,
consent to,
assent to,
give one's consent/assent to,
give one's blessing to,
give someone/something the nod,
acquiesce in,
agree to,
accede to,
approve of,
tolerate,
countenance,
suffer,
brook,
admit of,
legalize,
legitimatize,
legitimate,
give the go-ahead to,
give the thumbs up to,
OK,
give the OK to,
give the green light to,
say the word,
permit
noun
• an official document giving someone authorization to do something.
• "he is only in Britain on a work permit"
Similar:
authorization,
licence,
pass,
voucher,
ticket,
warrant,
document,
certification,
passport,
visa,
triptyque,
carnet,
laissez-passer,
firman,
Origin:
late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘commit, hand over’): from Latin permittere, from per- ‘through’ + mittere ‘send, let go’.
permit
noun
• a deep-bodied fish of the jack family, found in warm waters of the western Atlantic and Caribbean and caught for food and sport.
Origin:
alteration of Spanish palometa ‘little dove’.
