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nonbeverage en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + beverage.

Meanings

  1. (attributive, often) That which is not a beverage.
    • That was the tax that was paid, because only nonbeverages were permitted. Therefore the nonbeverage tax only was paid and only a nonbeverage use was contemplated. 1979, Bernard D. Reams, Internal Revenue Acts of the United States, 1909-1950, page 2337:

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