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How to pronounce “under the counter”
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Pronunciation guide for under the counter
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- Practice the English pronunciation of under the counter with real speech in context.
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- Definition summary
- 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).
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Meaning
- [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).
- [Adjective]
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) In an underhand way, sneakily; unofficially, particularly with regard to payment or tax avoidance.
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