off-licence

off-li·cence

(ôf′lī′səns, ŏf′-)

n. Chiefly British

A store that sells bottles or cans of alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises.

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off-licence

n

1. a shop, or a counter in a pub or hotel, where alcoholic drinks are sold for consumption elsewhere. US equivalents: package store or liquor store

2. a licence permitting such sales

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off-licence

liquor store

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

off-licence - a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere liquor store, package store shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"

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off-licence

noun (Brit.) offie or offy (Brit. informal), liquor store (U.S. & Canad.), bottle shop (Austral. & N.Z.), bottle store (S. African), package store (U.S. & Canad.) He went into an off-licence to buy a bottle of cider.

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Translations

off-licence

[ˈɒfˌlaɪsəns] N (Brit) (= shop) → bodega f, tienda f de licores (LAm)

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off-licence

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