off-license

off-license
/awf"luy'seuhns, of"-/, Brit.
n.
1. a license permitting the sale of sealed bottles of alcoholic beverages to be taken away from the premises by the purchaser.
2. a store having such a license.
adj.
3. having such a license.
[1890-95]

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