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Record 1 2003-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Official Documents
OBS

"Licence" is one of two words that in Canadian English are usually spelled differently as nouns and verbs. The preferred spelling for the noun is "licence" and for the verb "license".... The spellings of the other word are "practice" and "practise".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents officiels
OBS

octroyer : Accorder [...] une autorisation; se dit souvent d'un avantage particulier que son bénéficiaire reçoit d'une autorité en vertu d'un choix, d'une appréciation, plutôt que d'un droit.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos oficiales
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