noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
outlet mall
outlet store
outlet village
retail outlet/shop/store/chain
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We are looking for more retail outlets for our products.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
electrical
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Being mainstream consumer items, them at any electrical outlet or airport duty free.
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The only irritating feature was the placement of electrical outlets in the kitchen.
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Price: £4.99 from supermarkets, electrical and dry outlets .
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Patients can wear a battery pack or plug into an electrical outlet to recharge the heart's battery.
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They are sold by many electrical retail outlets , and spares are easy to carry.
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Trunks have electrical outlets , telephone hookups and vents for air circulation.
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Way in the back was a fake electrical outlet through which people passed Miguel the money.
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The phones use an electrical outlet for power, but they also work on standard, 12-volt batteries.
fast
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The fast food outlets certainly pride themselves on speed of service, an attractive environment and a friendly and courteous staff.
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They will be based in sprawling premises and surrounded by a range of leisure facilities and fast food outlets .
local
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Where there was success it was claimed to be due to local outlets and relevant local knowledge.
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It is also available from local Kall Kwik outlets .
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As the newer varieties of catfish have appeared in my local aquatic outlet , I have been purchasing them.
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These may be available through local outlets .
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Most local commercial outlets dealt in things to wear or watch or eat.
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The present Spinnery was the local retail outlet for the fine woven and embroidered work.
major
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He has over seven years experience in the carpet industry working with a number of major retail outlets .
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Guinness is sold through all the major brewer's outlets , and accounts for 4.5 percent of total beer sales.
new
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A handful of new outlets will be launched next year and if successful, will lead to an even bigger chain.
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Worldwide there are 48 Burberry outlets , with a good performance reported from new outlets such as in Berlin.
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The Empire still looked secure, but the competition for new trading outlets was increasing dramatically.
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Producers desperately needed to find new outlets for the capacity they had installed in the boom times.
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The holding of elections for worker representatives to the WICs from 1915 created new outlets for agitation and organization among the proletariat.
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Retraining may not be necessary if new outlets can be discovered for present skills.
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We only supply newspapers if we believe a new outlet will expand the market.
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Each spur can feed one new outlet , and this can be a single, double or triple socket outlet.
other
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Advertise the job internally first or simultaneously in other outlets .
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Whereas previously the career held most interest, other outlets now become attractive.
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Most of them left the ministry and moved to other evangelical outlets for their vocation.
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Three other outlets quickly followed in the town, with others in Yarm and Stockton.
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Deprived of other outlets they brought all their compressed energy to bear on the world of literature and ideas.
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Department stores and other retail outlets are suffering from a slump in sales and profits.
retail
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Already well received by selected retail outlets , it is being used for window and in-store displays.
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In the United States, Franklin has long sold its product range through retail outlets .
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The cold, wet spring meant that business was slow for many retail outlets .
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Since then, 110 enterprises have set up in the centre's offices, retail outlets and workshops.
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While UniChem has fewer retail outlets than Lloyds, it has a larger wholesale division and generates higher revenues.
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The goods are then distributed to the retail company's outlets throughout the country.
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Shopping centres Shopping centres are purpose-built complexes which include many retail outlets under one roof - often on several floors.
small
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A plan to recoup around £85m by selling the smaller outlets fell through this year.
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Bovis Lend Lease will also build a smaller retail outlet , eight shops and an apartment block with 80 flats.
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Kingfisher says it would speed up the closure of small Currys outlets and the shift to larger out-of-town sites.
■ NOUN
food
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The fast food outlets certainly pride themselves on speed of service, an attractive environment and a friendly and courteous staff.
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They will be based in sprawling premises and surrounded by a range of leisure facilities and fast food outlets .
media
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The fact is most media outlets try to police themselves.
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It is becoming more like the traditional media outlets .
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International media outlets consistently bashed the organization, transportation and infrastructure problems of these Games.
socket
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Lastly, each spur can feed one single or one double socket outlet , or one fused connection unit.
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Radial circuits are sometimes used for socket outlets , where installing a ring circuit would waste cable.
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Overloading a socket outlet can easily start a fire, and all those trailing flexes pose a serious trip hazard.
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Each spur can feed one new outlet , and this can be a single, double or triple socket outlet.
■ VERB
find
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Many disadvantaged people will find an outlet for their abilities through whatever channels remain open.
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Eventually unmarried women found vocational outlets as missionaries.
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Laura found an occasional outlet in humorous accounts of their lives related to close women friends with an infectious laugh.
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Mutombo is a natural defender, patrolling the middle, grabbing rebounds and finding the outlet man.
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To deny this power is dangerous, for, suppressed, it will find another outlet and may erupt uncontrollably.
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In fact, if money is a problem, you may even find an outlet which is both interesting and profitable.
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But feeling does not evaporate: if it can not be shown in one form it finds an outlet in another.
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Contact the association direct if you're having difficulties in finding an outlet .
open
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A national discount chain had opened several warehouse outlets in a geographic region the retailer had long dominated.
provide
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Trading standards officer say the recent growth in car boot sales has provided a perfect outlet for the computer pirates.
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And the growth of an emerging democracy over the past two years provides an outlet for his critics' denunciations.
sell
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A plan to recoup around £85m by selling the smaller outlets fell through this year.
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For designers, for whom large retail stores are the main selling outlet , the news is not good.
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They don't produce a piece of vinyl to be sold in a retail outlet .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an outlet mall
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After having their noses rubbed in the mud in autumn 1991, they are now looking at higher priced overseas outlets.
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Hamburger outlets are by far the most important, representing almost 80% of total turnover in the fast food market.
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Some mail-order outlets offer a 30-day, money-back guarantee.
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The department store chain is giving up a well-located outlet in its bid to compete in the shrinking department store retailing world.
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They're just using the mags as an outlet for their sexy thoughts and fantasies.
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Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster, 321-1000, or at outlets at Robinsons-May and Wherehouse Music.
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You may need to fiddle with the valves quite a bit to get the right balance between the different outlets.