Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: In American English spelling there is no difference in spelling between the verb `` to license '' meaning to give permission , and the noun `` a licence '' meaning the permission to do something .
Simplified: The verb license or grant licence means to give permission . The noun license ( American English ) or licence ( English ) refers to that permission as well as to the document recording that permission .