Under-the-counter

Definition: Under-the-counter

Under-the-counter

Adjective

1. Done or sold illicitly and secretly;.

Usage Frequency: Under-the-counter

"Under-the-counter" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 77.78% of the time. "Under-the-counter" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	77.78%	7	133,076
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	11.11%	1	339,140
Lexical Verb (base form)	11.11%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	9	N/A

Modern Translation: Under-the-counter

Language		Translations for "under-the-counter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		在之下这柜台. (various references)

Korean		의 밑에 카운터. (various references)

Pig Latin		er-the-counterunday
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Under-the-counter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-h-n-n-o-r-r-t-t-u-u"
	-3 letters: countertrend, rencountered.
	-4 letters: encountered, reencounter, reenthroned, truncheoned, unretouched.
	-5 letters: entrenched, reenthrone, rencounter, retrenched, thereunder, undercount, untethered.
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