a public house that is obliged to sell only the beer, products, etc of a particular producer
tied house in American English
noun Brit
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
Word origin
[1885–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: booster, retread, seminar, sensitization, toner