permit
Usage
What are other ways to say permit?
Both verbs that imply granting or conceding the right of someone to do something, permit and allow are often interchangeable, but permit is the more positive of the two. Permit suggests formal or implied assent or authorization. Allow implies complete absence of an attempt, or even an intent, to hinder. Let is the familiar, conversational term for both allow and permit.
Example Sentences
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Perpetual futures on Anthropic started trading this week on the Hyperliquid trading platform, a 24/7 crypto platform that does not permit American users.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
The government of Alberta and Keystone XL’s original proponent, TransCanada, now known as TC Energy, abandoned the expansion plans a few months after Biden revoked the permit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Pirela’s brother Juan Pirela presented Phoenix multimedia news organization Arizona’s Family with Oswaldo’s work permit, which indicated it was issued in 2024 and is valid until 2029.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Anyone wishing to buy a gun must first apply for a purchase permit, then, once they have bought it, apply for a second possession permit.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Pesza, who had been able to get a job at an electrical company, now had her own work permit.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
Wednesday night, after a vegetarian quesadilla dinner, she said the city should provide pathways for food stands that make fresh food to get permits and grow their businesses, including potentially working toward a brick-and-mortar location.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Delaware permits insurers to form “captive” reinsurance companies, which can strike deals with the main insurer to take on some risk, often enabling the companies to hold less capital to protect against losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Fees and charges for parking permits and green waste bins will be hiked at dozens of councils, while almost every authority will raise council tax by the maximum 5%.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The district policy permits any community member to call for removing a library book.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
So I felt a huge sense of relief when I learned my family would be able to stay in Kraków because of my father's work and our residence permits.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
Media weren’t permitted into the event, but I met one critic, Benn Jordan, and watched as he attempted to eavesdrop on the proceedings from a van loaded with electronics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
It has been claimed the case may pave the way for a future parade on the road being permitted.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The city had permitted the market to operate out of Legacy Park temporarily while work was underway on Santa Monica College’s Malibu campus near City Hall in the civic center area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
“The government suggests it is permitted to use a civil action as a ‘fishing expedition,’ ” she wrote.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Although they never permitted matters to come to bloodshed, they still fostered these quarrels between them so that those citizens would not unite against them, being busy with their own disputes.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
Lastly, the law allows plans to include language permitting workers old enough to be subject to RMDs to skip them while working for the company sponsoring the plan.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
NMP said the clearance does not mean it will immediately begin commercial mining operations as it still needs to complete permitting, including for the necessary land-based infrastructure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
State laws on the subject vary considerably, with some prohibiting commercial surrogacy and others liberally permitting it and even issuing parentage orders before birth.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
A government permitting dashboard estimates that the project will complete environmental reviews and permitting in 2028.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
G02 released by the volcanoes into the atmosphere will in time serve as an insulator, holding in the long-wave heat-energy reflected from the earth, while permitting direct solar heat to enter undiminished.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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