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ON-LICENSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does on-license mean?
• ON-LICENSE (noun)
The noun ON-LICENSE has 1 sense:
1. a license to sell liquor for consumption on the premises
Familiarity information: ON-LICENSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A license to sell liquor for consumption on the premises
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("on-license" is a kind of...):
liquor licence; liquor license (a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages)
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