# permit
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittō (“give up, allow”), from per (“through”) + mittō (“send”).

#### Pronunciation

* (most verb senses):
    (General American) IPA: /pɚˈmɪt/
    (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pəˈmɪt/
    Audio (US):(file)
    Rhymes: -ɪt
* (noun, denominal verb senses):
    (General American) IPA: /ˈpɝmɪt/
    (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɜːmɪt/
    Audio (US):(file)
    Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪt

#### Verb

permit (third-person singular simple present permits, present participle permitting, simple past and past participle permitted)
* (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. [from 15th c.]
** 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 48:Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
** 1930 December 19, “Presbytarians”, in Time:Last week the decision on two points was conclusive: the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. will not permit ordination of women as ministers, but will permit their election as ruling elders, permission which makes possible a woman as moderator.
* (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]
** 2009, Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 17 Jan 09, p. 1:He was ultimately cleared, but during that period, Mr. Ackman said, his lawyers would not permit him to defend himself publicly.
* (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible. [from 16th c.]
** 2006 December 3, Mary Riddell, “Trident is a Weapon of Mass Destruction”, in The Observer:What was left to say? Quite a lot, if only parliamentary time permitted.
** 2009 July 25, John Mitchell, “Clubs Preview”, in The Guardian:For snackage there's a 1950s-themed diner plus a barbie on the terrace, weather permitting.
* (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of). [from 18th c.]
** 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “Reginald in Russia”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 4:"You English are always so frivolous," said the Princess. "In Russia we have too many troubles to permit of our being light-hearted."per
** 2007, Ian Jack, The Guardian, 22 Sep 07:"As an instrument of economic policy, incantation does not permit of minor doubts or scruples."
* (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
    The Building Department permitted that project last week.
** 2022 September 20, Ezra Klein, quoting Jesse Jenkins, “Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Jesse Jenkins”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:[…] they have not expanded so far federal permitting authority to site and permit transmission lines that are important for interstate commerce.
* (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
    We've been busy permitting the State Street development.
* (now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone). [from 15th c.]
** 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 6:Let us not aggravate our sorrows, / But to the gods permit the event of things.

##### Usage notes

* This is a catenative verb that in the active form takes the gerund (-ing), but in passive takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

##### Derived terms

* permit nature to take her course

##### Translations
#### Noun

permit (plural permits)
* An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. [from 17th c.]
    A construction permit can be obtained from the town offices.
    Go over to the park office and get a permit for the #3 shelter.
** A learner's permit.
* (obsolete) Formal permission. [16th–19th c.]

##### Derived terms

* beginner's permit
* building permit
* construction permit
* destruction permit
* driver's permit
* driving permit
* handicapped permit
* learner permit
* learner's permit
* learning permit
* parking permit
* permit nature to take its course
* pollution permit system
* pull a permit
* residence permit
* work permit

##### Translations
#### Related terms

* permission
* mission

### Etymology 2

An irregular borrowing from Spanish palometa, probably from a Doric variant of Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pēlamús, “young tuna”).

#### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈpɝmɪt/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɜːmɪt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪt

#### Noun

permit (plural permit)
* A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.

##### See also

* Permit (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Trachinotus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### Anagrams

* premit

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

permit
* third-person singular past historic of permettre