under-the-counter

1. 1.

   done or sold illicitly and secretly

   Similarillegal

Questions about under-the-counter

What does under-the-counter mean?

under-the-counter means "done or sold illicitly and secretly".

How many syllables are in under-the-counter?

under-the-counter has 5 syllables: un-der--the--coun-ter. The stress falls on "the-".

Is under-the-counter a common word?

under-the-counter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.