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Definitions for driver's license
driv·er's license

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. driver's license, driver's licence, driving license, driving licencenoun

    a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle

Wikipedia

  1. Driver's license

    A driver's license is an official document, often plastic and the size of a credit card, permitting a specific individual to operate one or more types of motorized vehicles, such as a motorcycle, car, truck, or bus on a public road. In most international agreements the wording driving permit is used, for instance in the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. The term driver's license is American English; the Canadian English equivalent is driver's licence, the Australian and New Zealand English equivalent is driver licence and in many Commonwealth countries and Ireland it is driving licence. In this article, the American terminology and spelling is used generally but in country specific sections, the local spelling variant is used. The laws relating to the licensing of drivers vary between jurisdictions. In some jurisdictions, a permit is issued after the recipient has passed a driving test, while in others, a person acquires their permit before beginning to drive. Different categories of permit often exist for different types of motor vehicles, particularly large trucks and passenger vehicles. The difficulty of the driving test varies considerably between jurisdictions, as do factors such as age and the required level of competence and practice.

Wikidata

  1. Driver's license

    A driver's license/licence or driving licence is an official document which states that a person may operate a motorized vehicle, such as a motorcycle, car, truck or a bus, on a public roadway. The laws relating to the licensing of drivers vary between jurisdictions. In some jurisdictions, a license is issued after the recipient has passed a driving test, while in others, a person acquires a license before beginning to drive. Different categories of license often exist for different types of motor vehicles, particularly large trucks and passenger vehicles. The difficulty of the driving test varies considerably between jurisdictions, as do factors such as age and the required level of practice.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of driver's license in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of driver's license in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of driver's license in a Sentence

  1. Drew Rosenberg:

    Allowing illegal aliens to get a driver’s license ... is not only bad policy but also dangerous, as a group, illegal aliens are terrible drivers. Years of data show they are five times more likely to be involved in a fatal collision, five times more likely to drive drunk, and 10 times more likely to hit-and-run.

  2. Mike Lawlor:

    There are many undocumented immigrants driving without a driver's license who aren’t insured or registered, and we believe making that possible is very important.

  3. Catherine Lewis:

    The voter in question properly applied for an absentee ballot, provided her state-issued driver's license with Donna Brydges application, and returned Donna Brydges absentee ballot in the properly signed and sealed envelope as required by state law, the board of election inspectors, consisting of Republican and Democratic members, had no question that the voter was who she purported to be or that her signatures matched.

  4. Governor Robert Bentley:

    To suggest the closure of the driver's license offices is a racial issue is simply not true, and to suggest otherwise should be considered an effort to promote a political agenda.

  5. Rahm Emanuel:

    When somebody says,' Can I see your driver’s license ?' -- what that unlocks and what that smooths out and all the speed bumps that literally get eliminated because you have a driver’s license.


Translations for driver's license

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  • rybewysAfrikaans
  • رُخْصَة سِوَاقَة, إِجَازَة سَيَاقَة, رُخْصَة قِيَادَةArabic
  • sürücülük vəsiqəsiAzerbaijani
  • правы́ кіро́ўцыBelarusian
  • шофьо́рска ка́рта, шофьо́рска кни́жкаBulgarian
  • ড্রাইভার লাইসেন্সBengali
  • řidičský průkazCzech
  • kørekort, førerbevisDanish
  • Fahrerlaubnis, FührerscheinGerman
  • δίπλωμα, άδεια οδήγησης, δίπλωμα οδήγησηςGreek
  • permiso de conducirSpanish
  • juhilubaEstonian
  • گواهی‌نامه رانندگیPersian
  • ajokorttiFinnish
  • permis de conduireFrench
  • ceadúnas tiománaIrish
  • רִשְׁיוֹן נְהִיגָהHebrew
  • ड्राइवर का लाइसेंसHindi
  • vezetői engedély, vezetői jogosítványHungarian
  • վարորդական իրավունքի վկայական, վարորդական վկայական, պռավաArmenian
  • surat izin mengemudiIndonesian
  • ökuleyfi, ökuskírteini, hafa bílprófIcelandic
  • patente di guidaItalian
  • 免許証, 運転免許, 運転免許証Japanese
  • მართვის მოწმობაGeorgian
  • жүргізуші куәлігіKazakh
  • ប័ណ្ណបើកបររថយន្ត, ពែរមីបើកឡានKhmer
  • 운전 면허증, 면허증Korean
  • ehliyet, ajonameKurdish
  • diploma gubernationisLatin
  • ໃບຂັບຂີ່Lao
  • vairuotojo pažymėjimasLithuanian
  • braukšanas apliecībaLatvian
  • во́зачка до́зволаMacedonian
  • lesen memanduMalay
  • rijvaardigheidsbewijs, rijbewijsDutch
  • førarkortNorwegian Nynorsk
  • førerkortNorwegian
  • odaabii'iwe-mazina'igaansOjibwe, Ojibwa
  • prawo jazdyPolish
  • carta de condução, carteira de motoristaPortuguese
  • permis de conducereRomanian
  • права́, води́тельское удостовере́ние, води́тельские права́Russian
  • vuodjingoartaNorthern Sami
  • vozačka dozvola, возачка дозволаSerbo-Croatian
  • šoférsky preukazSlovak
  • vozniško dovoljenjeSlovene
  • patentë shoferi, leja e drejtimitAlbanian
  • körkortSwedish
  • ใบขับขี่Thai
  • sürücü belgesi, ehliyetTurkish
  • воді́йське посві́дчення, воді́йські права́Ukrainian
  • bằng lái xe, giấy phép lái xeVietnamese
  • toodamazötVolapük

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