PERmitting

[Mark A Mandel]

"Atritted" reminded me of a usage I noted from my wife and wanted to
mention here. She is involved in our town government, and last night,
telling me of some current events, she talked about "the permitting
process", with initial stress on "permitting". This, of course, means
not 'the process of giving permission', but 'the process of (applying
for, discussing, and denying or) granting a permit'.

The verb is derived from the noun "permit", whose initial stress it
retains, distinguishing it from the origial verb.  She used the verb
form "permit" or "permits" as well, with stressed "per".

-- Mark A. Mandel