under the counter
Definition
› Things bought under the counter are bought secretly and illegally: He'd managed to get cigarettes under the counter.Buying and selling in generalTrafficking and racketeering
(Definition of under the counter from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- barter noun
- barter verb
- black market noun
- channel noun (MAKING AVAILABLE)
- cold-calling noun
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- high street noun
- hock noun (MONEY)
- keep verb (CONTINUE TO HAVE)
- market share noun
- pawn noun (MONEY)
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- pay verb (BUY)
- procurement noun
- tender noun (OFFER)
- the bottom drops/falls out of the market idiom
- trade noun (BUYING AND SELLING)
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