Personalised Congratulations Driving Test Card - The News - LICENSE TO DRIVE- Driving Test Design Note: The verb license or grant licence means to give permission. The noun license (American English) or licence (British English, Canadian English, Australian English) refers to that permission as well as to the document recording that permission. we used a copywriter for these cards and she used pun headlines and in this case used the verb, so rather than talking about a physical licence, she’s saying you’ve got a ‘license to drive’ – I. e. permission.