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   Per·mit

   verb

   • 1. give authorization or consent to (someone) to do something: "the law permits councils to monitor any factory emitting smoke"
   • ▪ authorize or give permission for (something): "the country is not ready to permit any rice imports"
   • ▪ (of a thing, circumstance, or condition) provide an opportunity or scope for (something) to take place; make possible: "some properties are too small to permit mechanized farming"
   • ▪ allow for; admit of: "the camp permits of no really successful defense"

   noun

   • 1. an official document giving someone authorization to do something: "he is only in Britain on a work permit"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘commit, hand over’): from Latin permittere, from per- ‘through’ + mittere ‘send, let go’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. permitter noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

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