Definition of On-license

1. Noun. A license to sell liquor for consumption on the premises.

Generic synonyms: Liquor Licence, Liquor License

Lexicographical Neighbors of On-license

on-
on-again, off-again
on-air
on-base percentage
on-base percentages
on-base plus slugging
on-camera
on-campus
on-die
on-duty(a)
on-hand
on-hanger
on-hangers
on-hook
on-key
on-license (current term)
on-line
on-line(a)
on-line database
on-looker
on-message
on-off
on-off phenomenon
on-off switch
on-ramp
on-ramps
on-roader
on-scene
on-screen
on-side kick

Literary usage of On-license

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law by Lawrence Henry Chamberlain (1912)
"For example, in 1881 twelve counties were granted the permission to vote on license. The Reports of the Auditor of Public Accounts beginning with the fiscal ..."

2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"Rept. of committee on license law. (House Jol. 1845: 307-311.) . Rept. of select committee on license law. (Sen. Jol. 1845: 212.) 1847. ..."

3. The Life and Times of Wendell Phillips by George Lowell Austin (1888)
"Phillips on License. — Letter to "the Liberal Clergy." — Phillips vs. Crosby. —The Irish Crisis. — Phillips at Cambridge. — Reminiscences of Dr. Clarke. ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1908)
"... Act of 1904 provided that no on-license, except for default on the part of the license-holder, should be taken away without compensation. ..."

5. Digest of the Reports of the Supreme Court of California: Volumes One to One by James Henry Deering, California Supreme Court (1895)
"(Ex parte Benninger, 64 Cal. 291.) Cited 69 Cal. 95. Effect of county government bill on license imposed in San Bernardino county. See ante, 20. ..."

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