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permission (iou) and foist(4) (iou)


permission (iou)



permission noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin permissio(n-), from permiss- pa. ppl stem of permittere PERMIT verb: see -ION.]
The action of permitting, allowing, or giving consent; liberty or licence to do something; leave. LME.
PLANNING permission.
I. Compton-Burnett I have..been granted permission to call Miss Fellowes by her Christian name. Physics Bulletin The article is published by permission of the Director of the Physics and Engineering Laboratory. V. Brome Jones had been forced to apologise for absenting himself from duty without permission.
A (formal) consent or authorization; esp. a document giving this, = PERMIT noun 2. E18.
C. Lassalle Queue..outside the office of the principal's secretary for a signed permission.
spec. An authorization given to a publisher to quote from a copyright work; the formal acknowledgement of this. M20.

foist(4) (iou)



foist verb1. M16.
[Dutch dial. vuisten, from vuist FIST noun1.]
verb trans. & intrans. Palm (a false die) so as to be able to produce it at the right moment. Only in M16.
b. verb intrans. Practise roguery or deception; spec. pick a pocket. L16-L18.
verb trans. Introduce in, into surreptitiously or unwarrantably. L16.
Lytton The..interpolations..supposed to be foisted into the Odyssey.
verb trans. Impose (an unwelcome person or thing) on, upon; palm off or off (something worthless). Also, falsely fix the authorship of (a composition) on, upon. L16.
Milton The unskilfull fraud of him that foisted this Epistle upon Ignatius. G. A. Sala You have inferior articles foisted on you while being charged for the best. W. van T. Clark Men..only too willing to foist the burden..on to others. G. Greene God knows what Foreign Office type they might foist on us.