tied house

tied house
A public house which is either owned by a brewery, or other holding company, and run by a manager, or rented and run by a tenant, or perhaps contractually tied because of loans from a brewery, which therefore is obliged to purchase a certain percentage of its stock from said pubco

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  • tied house — n BrE a ↑pub that can only sell the beer made by a particular company →↑free house …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Tied house — In the UK a tied house is a public house that is required to buy at least some of its beer from a particular brewery. This is in contrast to a free house, which is able to choose the beers it stocks freely. Contents 1 Definition of tied 2 In the… …   Wikipedia

  • tied house — noun 1. Britain : a business house that is under contract to buy of a particular firm; especially : a public house rented from or mortgaged to a brewery with or through whom the local proprietor is pledged to do all his liquor buying 2. Britain …   Useful english dictionary

  • tied house — Brit. 1. a public house or tavern owned by or under contract to a brewery whose brands of beer, ale, etc., it sells exclusively. 2. Also called tied cottage. a house owned by an employer and rented to an employee. [1885 90] * * * …   Universalium

  • tied house — /taɪd ˈhaʊs/ (say tuyd hows) noun British a retailer who is obliged to sell the products of a particular manufacturer, as a hotel tied to a brewery under an agreement to sell draught beer from that brewery only …  

  • tied house — noun (C) BrE a pub that can only sell the beer made by a particular company …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • tied-house evil — A term characterizing the control of retail liquor dealers by manufacturers, wholesalers, and importers. 30 Am J Rev ed Intox L § 38 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • tied cottage — ➡ tied house * * * …   Universalium

  • tied — [ taıd ] adjective BRITISH 1. ) a tied house is a house you live in while you are doing a particular job but must leave when you leave your job 2. ) a tied house or PUB is a PUB that can only sell beer produced by one company …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • house — n. building home 1) to build, put up a house 2) to redecorate, refurbish, remodel, renovate a house 3) to demolish, raze, tear down a house 4) to rent a house from smb. 5) to let (BE), rent out (AE) a house to smb. 6) a dilapidated, ramshackle… …   Combinatory dictionary

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