English Explanatory Dictionary

under the counter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. 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).
adj
  1. In an underhand way, sneakily; unofficially, particularly with regard to payment or tax avoidance.

Word forms

under the counter more under the counter most under the counter under-the-counter

Related words

under the table off the books nixer over the counter
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