"A liquor store is a retail shop that predominantly sells prepackaged liquors – typically in bottles – usually intended to be consumed off the store´s premises. ...
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Depending on region and local idiom, they may also be called an off-licence (in the UK and Ireland), bottle shop / bottle-o (Australia/New Zealand, parts of Canada) liquor store (US) or other similar terms. Very limited number of jurisdictions have an alcohol monopoly. In US states that are alcoholic beverage control (ABC) states, the term ABC store may be used." - (en.wikipedia.org 15.01.2022)