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I verb1) (an old word for to work at: He plies his trade as weaver.) utøve, drive2) (to use (a tool etc) vigorously.) bruke flittig3) (to keep supplying: They plied their guests with drink.) forsyne rikeligII noun(a thickness, layer or strand, as in three-ply / two-ply wool.) lag, -tråds- plywoodlagIsubst. \/plaɪ\/1) tråd, -trådet, -tråds (som sisteledd i sammensetning), kordel2) lag, -lags (som sisteledd i sammensetning)3) ( overført) tendens, tilbøyelighet, retningIIverb \/plaɪ\/1) bruke flittig, arbeide flittig med2) ( om yrke) drive med, utføre3) henvende seg til gjentatte ganger (med spørsmål e.l.)4) ( om strekning) gå i trafikk på, trafikkere jevnlig5) arbeidearbeide med noe\/drive med noe6) ( seiling) krysse, befare, beseile7) (om drosje, bærer e.l.) vente på kunder, vente på arbeid8) ( poetisk) sette kursen, seile, styreply for hire vente på kjøring, vente på turply one's trade drive med sittply the bottle være hard på flaskaply with forsyne, holde med
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ply for hire — ply for ˈhire/ˈtrade/ˈbusiness idiom (BrE) to look for customers, passengers, etc. in order to do business • taxis plying for hire outside the theatre Main entry: ↑plyidiom … Useful english dictionary
ply for hire/business/trade — Brit : to try to get customers or business Taxis ply for hire/business outside the train station. The company is plying for trade in America. • • • Main Entry: ↑ply … Useful english dictionary
ply for hire — ply for business/hire/trade ► COMMERCE to try to get customers for your business in a public place, for example, as a taxi driver, by driving around or waiting in a regular place: »London s formidable black taxis enjoy a lucrative near monopoly… … Financial and business terms
ply for hire/trade — ply for business/hire/trade ► COMMERCE to try to get customers for your business in a public place, for example, as a taxi driver, by driving around or waiting in a regular place: »London s formidable black taxis enjoy a lucrative near monopoly… … Financial and business terms
ply for trade — ply for ˈhire/ˈtrade/ˈbusiness idiom (BrE) to look for customers, passengers, etc. in order to do business • taxis plying for hire outside the theatre Main entry: ↑plyidiom … Useful english dictionary
ply for business — ply for ˈhire/ˈtrade/ˈbusiness idiom (BrE) to look for customers, passengers, etc. in order to do business • taxis plying for hire outside the theatre Main entry: ↑plyidiom … Useful english dictionary
ply for business/hire/trade — ► COMMERCE to try to get customers for your business in a public place, for example, as a taxi driver, by driving around or waiting in a regular place: »London s formidable black taxis enjoy a lucrative near monopoly over plying for hire on the… … Financial and business terms
ply for business — ply for business/hire/trade ► COMMERCE to try to get customers for your business in a public place, for example, as a taxi driver, by driving around or waiting in a regular place: »London s formidable black taxis enjoy a lucrative near monopoly… … Financial and business terms
ply for trade — ply for business/hire/trade ► COMMERCE to try to get customers for your business in a public place, for example, as a taxi driver, by driving around or waiting in a regular place: »London s formidable black taxis enjoy a lucrative near monopoly… … Financial and business terms
hire — 1 verb (T) 1 BrE to pay money to borrow something for a period of hours or days; let 1 (11), rent 1 (3) AmE: Let s hire a car for the weekend. see borrow 2 a) to employ someone for a short time to do a job for you: I m hiring a private detective… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ply — 1 verb past tense and past participle plied 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) literary if a vehicle or boat plies between two places or across a place it makes that journey regularly (+ between/across etc): Small fishing boats plied… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English