An off-licence is a shop which sells beer, wine, and other alcoholic drinks.
[British]
I'm going to the off-licence to buy some snacks.
regional note: in AM, use liquor store
Synonyms: offie or offy [British, informal], liquor store [US, Canadian], bottle shop [Australian, New Zealand], bottle store [South Africa] More Synonyms of off-licence
off-licence in British English
noun British
1.
a shop, or a counter in a pub or hotel, where alcoholic drinks are sold for consumption elsewhere
US equivalents: package store, liquor store
2.
a licence permitting such sales
off-licence in American English
(ɔfˈlaɪsəns)
noun
British
a shop, counter, etc. at which alcoholic beverages are sold by the bottle for consumption elsewhere
Seeoff licence
Examples of 'off-licence' in a sentence
off-licence
Taking pot luck at the corner shop or off-licence is asking for a dud.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Twelve pounds is what my local off-licence charges for a whole bottle of petit chablis.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
An employee had to be sent out to a local off-licence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
IT'S a bad sign when the local off-licence owner turns up at your flat looking to renew his stock.
The Sun (2013)
More than a hundred wine producers, brewers and drinks distributors stand to lose millions of pounds under a proposed company voluntary arrangement at the off-licence chain.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
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off-licence
British English: off-licence /ˈɒfˌlaɪsəns/ NOUN
An off-licence is a shop which sells alcoholic drinks.