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open bar

noun

  1. a bar at a reception that serves drinks whose cost has been borne by the host, an admission charge, a sponsor, etc.:

    Before the banquet there will be an open bar from 5 to 7 p.m.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of open bar1

First recorded in 1970–75

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Example Sentences

“Some kinks need to be ironed out with the intoxicating open bar at the Mile High Club,” wrote Dowd.

There will be 20 TVs to watch the game, an open bar, and food stations presided over by Chef Mina Newman.

We stood for two and a half hours munching on deli food and enjoying the open bar.

Senior McCain aides Mark Salter and Steve Schmidt had—reluctantly—joined a few reporters at the nearest open bar to the hotel.

In all that State there is not, now, a single distillery or brewery in operation, nor a single open bar-room.

The X chromosome in the male is represented by an open bar, the Y chromosome is bent.

All the mature eggs of such a female contain one white-producing X chromosome represented by the open bar in the diagram.

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