n.
1.a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
2.a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
3.(computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions code v.
1.attach a code to
2.convert ordinary language into code
Idiom of the Day
license to (do something)
the permission or right or chance to do something
When my uncle got the contract to sell food at the stadium it was a license to print money.