liquor license
16
3.8
- noun
- /ˈlɪkər ˈlaɪsəns/
- Formal
:
licencia de bebidas alcohólicas
- To legally sell alcohol, you must first obtain a liquor license from the local government.
- liquor license renewal
- liquor license request
- get a liquor license
And interestingly, now that I remember this, I had to go and do a class to get, I think it was called a Class C liquor license.
- And interestingly, now that I remember this, I had to go and do a class to get, I think it was called a Class C liquor license.
- The Polish woman shows up that he supposedly sold the liquor, liquor license to.
Examples
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I was reading yesterday that over 90 establishments have liquor licenses in the vicinity of Adams Morgan.
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The state is threatening to take away her liquor license because she didn't shut down fast enough.
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You got no liquor license on this place.
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I helped him get his liquor license.
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His name was on the liquor license.
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The restaurant could lose its liquor license.
Fiction book (1990) -
In Oregon, all bars must serve food to maintain a liquor license.
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We don't have a liquor license.
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All applicants for a liquor license have to get fingerprinted.
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I disagreed with the decision to deny the Meat House a liquor license.
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Synonyms
Official permission to sell alcohol for people to drink in a bar or restaurant
How Legal
- Formal
16
3.8
- UK
111
3.5
14
9.3
- South African
1
9.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'liquor' (alcoholic drink) combined with 'license' (official authorization) yields an official permit related to alcoholic beverages. This compound noun follows a common noun+noun pattern and has clear cross-linguistic equivalents, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun liquor license joins liquor, an old word for strong alcoholic drink, and license, a paper that gives 'permission'. Picture a shop owner holding that official paper from the town that lets them sell 'alcoholic drinks', and you see why the phrase means an official permit to sell alcohol today.