tied house

American  

noun

British.

1. a public house or tavern owned by or under contract to a brewery whose brands of beer, ale, etc., it sells exclusively.

2. Also called tied cottage.  a house owned by an employer and rented to an employee.

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Etymology

Origin of tied house

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

The system of the tied house, originally an indigenous corruption of the liquor trade, is being extended to every industry in the land.

From The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade by Mavrogordato, John

We had a bonser hotel once, kid—a tied house, you know.

From Captivity by Eyles, M. Leonora

Are you going to make our shelter another tied house for him, and ask me to keep it?

From Major Barbara by Shaw, Bernard

Doolan's is a tied house; and the brewers are in the syndicate.

From John Bull's Other Island by Shaw, Bernard