to tout for business

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• tout for business — ► to stop or speak to many people in order to try to persuade them to buy your goods or services: »Hundreds of taxis at the airport tout for business. Main Entry: ↑tout …   Financial and business terms

• tout for — phr verb Tout for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑business …   Collocations dictionary

• tout — To promote a security in order to attract buyers. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. tout tout 1 [taʊt] verb 1. tout for business/​custom/​trade especially BrE to try to persuade people to buy goods or services you are offering: • I ve… …   Financial and business terms

• tout — I UK [taʊt] / US verb Word forms tout : present tense I/you/we/they tout he/she/it touts present participle touting past tense touted past participle touted 1) [transitive] to praise someone or something because you want other people to think… …   English dictionary

• tout — tout1 [taut] v [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: tout to look secretly, watch (14 19 centuries), perhaps from an unrecorded Old English tutian] 1.) [T] to praise something or someone in order to persuade people that they are important or worth a lot ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• tout — tout1 [ taut ] verb 1. ) transitive to praise someone or something because you want other people to think they are good or important 2. ) intransitive or transitive to try to persuade people to buy something by telling them about it, especially… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• tout — 1 verb 1 (T) to praise something or someone in order to persuade people that they are important or worth a lot: the much touted delights of England in the spring | be touted as sth: Bates was widely touted as the next Olympic star. 2 (I, T)… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• tout — tout1 [tout] vi. [ME toten < OE totian, to peep, look out after] 1. to solicit customers, patrons, votes, etc. 2. a) esp. in England, to spy on racehorses in training, etc. in order to secure tips for betting b) to provide betting tips on… …   English World dictionary

• business — noun 1 buying and selling of goods ADJECTIVE ▪ big ▪ profitable ▪ private ▪ core ▪ It s time to focus on the company s core business …   Collocations dictionary

• tout — [[t]ta͟ʊt[/t]] touts, touting, touted 1) VERB (disapproval) If someone touts something, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good. [V n] It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads… …   English dictionary

• tout — verb 1) street merchants were touting their wares Syn: peddle, sell, hawk, offer for sale, promote 2) cab drivers were touting for business Syn: solicit, seek, drum up; ask for, petition for, appeal …   Thesaurus of popular words