# permit

Pronunciation: US say "pur-MIT" /pɚˈmɪt/; UK say "puh-MIT" /pəˈmɪt/

## Verb

1. To allow something to take place, or to give one's consent to it.
   - Simple: To let something happen or to say yes to it.
   - _The city council voted to permit outdoor dining on weekends._
   - _Safety regulations do not permit open flames inside the building._
2. To give a person permission, or the right, to do something.
   - Simple: To let someone do something.
   - _The committee agreed to permit students to retake the exam._
   - _Hospital policy permits relatives to visit twice a day._
4. To approve something through an official act or decision.
   - Simple: To officially allow something by giving formal approval.
   - _The zoning office agreed to permit construction on the lot._
   - _Regulators permitted the bank to expand its services._
5. To allow for something; to make something possible.
   - Simple: To make something possible by not getting in the way.
   - _We can extend the deadline, if circumstances permit._
   - _The committee will meet outdoors, weather permitting._
7. To allow for something as a possibility; to admit of it.
   - Simple: To leave room for something, or to allow it as a possibility.
   - _The contract's language permits of no ambiguity._
   - _The facts permit of only one conclusion._
8. To obtain, or attempt to obtain, formal authorization for something.
   - Simple: To get official permission for something, or to try to get it.
   - _The team needs to permit the project before breaking ground._
   - _They permitted the new plant in record time._

## Noun

Pronunciation: say "PUR-mit" US /ˈpɝmɪt/, UK /ˈpɜːmɪt/

3. An official document or item that makes an activity allowed or legal.
   - Simple: An official document that says you are allowed to do something.
   - _Contractors must display a valid building permit at the work site._
   - _The agency revoked several permits after the inspection._
6. A provisional document allowing a new driver to practice operating a vehicle, usually under supervision, before obtaining a full license.
   - Simple: A document that lets a new driver practice driving before getting a full license.
   - _He earned his permit at sixteen and started practicing in empty parking lots._
   - _State law requires teens to hold a permit for six months before the road test._
9. A large silver-bodied pompano (Trachinotus falcatus) found in warm Atlantic coastal waters and prized as a game fish.
   - Simple: A large silvery ocean fish that lives in warm coastal waters.
   - _The guide poled the skiff toward a permit tailing on the flat._
   - _Permits feed on crabs and small crustaceans along shallow reefs._

## Verb

10. To hand over or resign something to someone; to give it into another's keeping. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To hand something over to someone else, or give it up to them.
   - _The old lord permitted his lands to the crown rather than to his quarrelsome heirs._
   - _She vowed to permit the ancient charter only to a trusted guardian._

## Noun

Pronunciation: say "PUR-mit" US /ˈpɝmɪt/, UK /ˈpɜːmɪt/

11. Formal permission to act, as granted by an authority. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Official permission given by someone in charge to do something.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–8, 10–11** — From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, which comes from Latin permittō ("give up, allow"), formed from per ("through") plus mittō ("send").
**Meaning 9** — An irregular borrowing from Spanish palometa, probably from a Doric variant of the Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pēlamús, "young tuna").

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