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off licence (dict)
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Off-licenceAn off-licence (or offie) is the British term for a liquor store "licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises", as opposed to a bar or public house which is licensed for consumption on the premises, rather in the way that for food a take-away contrasts with a restaurant. Off-licences may be specialist shops, convenience stores, parts of supermarkets, or attached to bars and pubs. Prices are typically substantially lower than in bars or pubs. The name derives from one particular division of English licensing laws. Often public houses will also posses an off licence as part of their regular licence, but not always. When restaurants refer to themselves as fully licenced this is usually misleading: they generally only have on licences. See also Pub *
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