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(to go about in search of buyers, jobs, support, votes etc: The taxi-driver drove around touting for custom.) buscar, intentar captartr[taʊt]1 revendedor,-ra1 revender1 intentar captar clientes\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto tout one's wares intentar vender sus mercancíasticket tout revendedor,-ra de entradastout ['taʊt] vt: promocionar, elogiar (con exageración)v.• obtener informes confidenciales v.• solicitar clientes v.n.• revendedor s.m.
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1. taʊtto tout for customers — andar* a la caza de clientes
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vta) (offer, sell) \<\<wares\>\> ofrecer*; \<\<tickets\>\> (BrE) revenderb) ( promote) \<\<idea/product\>\> promocionar
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noun ( ticket tout) (BrE) revendedor, -dora m,f (de entradas)[taʊt]1.N (for hotels etc) gancho(-a) m / f ; (Racing) pronosticador(a) m / f ; (Brit) (=ticket tout) revendedor(a) m / f2.VI(Brit)to tout for business or custom — tratar de captar clientes
3.VT [+ wares] ofrecer, pregonar; (Brit) [+ tickets] revender* * *
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1. [taʊt]to tout for customers — andar* a la caza de clientes
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vta) (offer, sell) \<\<wares\>\> ofrecer*; \<\<tickets\>\> (BrE) revenderb) ( promote) \<\<idea/product\>\> promocionar
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noun ( ticket tout) (BrE) revendedor, -dora m,f (de entradas)
См. также в других словарях:
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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