marriage wedding marriage ceremony | the act of marrying, the nuptial ceremony, their marriage was conducted in the chapel |
civil marriage | a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman |
license permission permit | the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization |
dissolution of marriage | an annulment of a marriage |
license plate numberplate | a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number |
marriage bed | the bed shared by a newly wed couple |
package store liquor store off-licence | a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere |
license number registration number | the number on the license plate that identifies the car that bears it |
marriage contract marriage settlement | a prenuptial agreement or contract |
license licence permit | a legal document giving official permission to do something |
driver's license driver's licence driving license driving licence | a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle |
fishing license fishing licence fishing permit | a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time |
hunting license hunting licence hunting permit game license | a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time |
liquor license liquor licence | a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages |
on-license | a license to sell liquor for consumption on the premises |
marriage license marriage licence wedding license wedding licence | a license authorizing two people to marry |
occupation license occupation licence | a license to pursue a particular occupation |
marriage counseling | counseling on marital problems and disagreements |
marriage proposal proposal of marriage marriage offer proposal | an offer of marriage |
marriage married couple man and wife | two people who are married to each other, his second marriage was happier than the first, a married couple without love |
same-sex marriage | two people of the same sex who live together as a family, the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated |
mixed marriage | marriage of two people from different races or different religions or different cultures, the families of both partners in a mixed marriage often disapprove |
marriage brokerage marriage mart | a business that arranges marriage contracts |
matchmaker matcher marriage broker | someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others |
licensing fee license fee license tax | a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine) |
marriage matrimony union spousal relationship wedlock | the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce), a long and happy marriage, God bless this union |
common-law marriage | a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony |
marriage of convenience | a marriage for expediency rather than love |
open marriage | a marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the other |
license licence | freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) |
poetic license | license used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work |
license licence | excessive freedom, lack of due restraint, when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near- Will Durant, the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum- Edmund Burke |
marriage | a close and intimate union, the marriage of music and dance, a marriage of ideas |
license licence certify | authorize officially, I am licensed to practice law in this state |
out of wedlock outside marriage | of unwed parents, he was born out of wedlock |