I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ticket tout
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
business
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The competition was intense and the shop managers would actually stand in the street touting for business .
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They have even given up their company cars and now tout for business in the firm's delivery van.
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But a Eurotunnel spokeswoman dismissed the findings as' intended to allow hypnotherapists to tout for business .
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Some banks have begun touting for the business of processing for rivals.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Chef Foley was one of the first to tout Midwestern cuisine.
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Slick ads tout everything from beauty products to electronic gadgets.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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About the most obscure thing touted is the fountain in Fountain Hills.
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But it is not a core curriculum like that being touted by test-and-measure statehouse reformers.
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By spring, the re-election campaign will be ready to respond, touting Clinton with television spots in selected cities.
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Cooper had touted Aikman to Donahue when the player was in high school.
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Pippin was hyped as a games machine before the company wised up and starting touting it as an Internet device.
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Those touting mandatory uniforms point to the successes in Long Beach.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Touts were selling tickets to the match for £50 or more.
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Organisers of the concert were worried there would be trouble from ticket touts.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Persecuting the tout - and, if possible, prosecuting him as well - has become a sport in itself.
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Promoters have their reasons for pricing this way; having done so, they should see that touts provide a useful service.
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The Government has vowed to outlaw the sale by touts of tickets outside grounds on the day of matches.
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The outdoor proctor or tout sought business and acted as an agent for petition-drawers and proctors.
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Tonight, touts remove five times the original ticket cost from those who didn't make it to the box office.