- a variation of off-license.
off-licence
Britishnoun
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US equivalents: package store. liquor store. a shop, or a counter in a pub or hotel, where alcoholic drinks are sold for consumption elsewhere
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a licence permitting such sales
Example Sentences
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Lidl was denied permission for an off-licence in the store a number of years earlier, but has now said it is determined to run a profitable pub if the new application is successful.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025
When Mr Muruganantharajah, who ran an off-licence in Swansea, didn't resurface, Ms Senthurkumaran said she ran up the slope to get phone signal to call for help while her mother tried to save her uncle.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2023
He owned a fleet of ice cream vans and later an off-licence called The Jackpot.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022
The nearby 24-hour off-licence sold me a tin of macaroni cheese – one of the only things in the shop that didn’t have plastic packaging.
From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2017
Three provincial grocers, who had been granted the new off-licence, applied to be appointed the Gilbeys’ agents in their respective districts, and many similar applications followed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
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