- tout for
- phr verbTout for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑business
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tout for
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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 — 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 — [[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 — 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 — /taυt/ noun a person who sells tickets (to games or shows) for more than the price printed on them ■ verb ♦ to tout for custom to try to attract customers … Dictionary of banking and finance
for — [ fɔr ] n. m. • 1235; « loi, coutume » en a. gascon; lat. forum « place publique », « tribunal » ♦ Littér. LE FOR INTÉRIEUR : le tribunal de la conscience. « Nous pénétrons si mal, si peu avant, dans le for intérieur d autrui » (A. Gide). Cour.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Tout pour l'amour (Dryden) — Tout pour l amour (titre original All for Love or, the World Well Lost), est un drame héroïque de John Dryden écrit en 1677. C est aujourd hui la pièce la plus connue et la plus jouée de Dryden. Cette tragédie, écrite en vers sans rime… … Wikipédia en Français
