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

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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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"

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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off-licence

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

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off-licence

→ مَحَلٌ يُبِيعُ الـخُمُورِ لِتَنَاوُلِهَا خَارِجَ الـمَحَلِّ alkoholické nápoje vin- og spiritusforretning Wein- und Spirituosenhandlung κατάστημα πώλησης οινοπνευματωδών ποτών tienda de vinos y licores alkoholiliike débit de boissons trgovina koja prodaje alkohol negozio di alcolici 酒類販売免許 주류판매 면허 slijterij vin- og brennevinsbutikk koncesja alkoholowa loja de bebidas alcoólicas разрешение на продажу спиртного навынос vin- och spritbutik ร้านขายสุรา içki satan dükkan cửa hàng rượu 酒品专卖店

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Rolliver's inn, the single alehouse at this end of the long and broken village, could only boast of an off-licence; 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.

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