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SLA

SLA

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A state government agency that controls the sale of alcoholic drinks
  • proper noun
  • Formal
translation icon : autoridad estatal de bebidas alcohólicas
  • The SLA regulates the sale of liquor across the state to ensure safety and compliance.

Examples

  • In New York, the SLA is responsible for issuing licenses to bars and restaurants.

  • In January, the CB3/SLA gave the OK for the people behind Keybar on East 13th Street to take over the Angels & Kings space and open a bar-restaurant serving Hungarian food.

    Blog text (1)

  • Trained, equipped, and paid by the Israeli government, the SLA is nonetheless a quasi-militia composed of Lebanese.

    Academic text (1993)

  • When I was just starting as a business librarian, I sent an email out on BUSLIB-L saying I wanted to focus my efforts and asking whether I should do it in BRASS or in SLA.

    Academic text (2014)

  • At Klout, we believe in using the right tool for the job, so to help the Klout API meet SLA, we have used Future and Agents heavily.

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  • The song is a tribute to her after she sympathized with her captors and after she held up the bank in San Francisco with the SLA.

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  • She also planned programs as president of the SLA student chapter at the University of Maryland from 2005 to 2006, and as co-chair of Taxonomy Tuesday, a Washington, D.C., group, from 2008 to 2009.

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  • The meeting with the SLA officials focused on new regulations for alcohol distribution.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

SLA is short for State Liquor Authority, with State 'government', Liquor 'alcohol' and Authority 'official power'. So the SLA is the government office that controls alcohol sales and gives licences.