under the counter

under the counter
1. adverb
Illicitly, against regulations, of goods kept under the serving counter in a shop to be unobtrusively passed to a customer who knows they are available for surreptitious sale (e.g. pornographic magazines in a newsagent).

Oh, yeah, I remember, you mean about me not trying to sell from under the counter?

(Particularly with regard to payment or tax avoidance) In an underhand way, sneakily. Unofficially.

2003 - This morning he said he could not remember exactly where or how the invoice was written. It was used to cover up an under the counter payment from the sale of his land in Lucan. (RTE News, 19 Sept 2003) [


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  • under the counter — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Secretly (bought or sold). * /That book has been banned, but there is one place you can get it under the counter./ * /The liquor dealer was arrested for selling beer under the counter to teenagers./ Also used like an… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • under the counter — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Secretly (bought or sold). * /That book has been banned, but there is one place you can get it under the counter./ * /The liquor dealer was arrested for selling beer under the counter to teenagers./ Also used like an… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • under-the-counter — adjective Illicit, obtained or sold furtively. The village shop seemed to be a bastion of respectability but those in the know could obtain some very questionable under the counter material. See Also: under the counter …   Wiktionary

  • under-the-counter — adjective Etymology: from the hiding of illicit wares under the counter of stores where they are sold Date: 1926 surreptitious and usually irregular or illicit < under the counter liquor sales > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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