non-tied en · ADJ
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Not tied.
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(not-comparable, qualifier:liquor trade) Of a public house, bar, etc., able to sell beer or other alcoholic drinks from different suppliers (as opposed to tied).
The non-tied houses had got together and started their own brewery.
1987, Keith Dunstan, The Amber Nectar, Ringwood: Vicking O'Neil, page 81: