Under-the-counter Definition
ŭndər-thə-kountər
adjective
Done, sold, given, etc. secretly in an unlawful or unethical way.
Webster's New World
(UK, Ireland, colloquial) (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)
Wiktionary
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).
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