UNDERTHECOUNTER

under the counter

Adjective

  1. (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) 1

Adverb

  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).


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