Off-licence

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shop selling alcohol for consumption only off the premises. Ireland, UK

    "Rolliver's inn, the single alehouse at this end of the long and broken village, could only boast of an off-license; hence, as nobody could legally drink on the premises, the amount of overt accommodation for consumers was strictly limited to a little board about six inches wide and two yards long, fixed to the garden palings by pieces of wire, so as to form a ledge."

  2. 2
    a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere wordnet

Etymology

From the fact that such stores have a licence only to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises.

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