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tout

10 definitions • 12 examples
1
to advertise, talk about, or praise something or someone repeatedly, especially as a way of encouraging people to like, accept, or buy something:

Examples:

The minister has been touting these ideas for some time.
He is being widely touted as the next leader of the party.
A local car dealership was touting its services/wares on the radio.
2
to repeatedly try to persuade people to buy your goods or services:

Examples:

There were hundreds of taxis at the airport, all touting for business/custom.
3
to sell tickets for something such as a sports game or theatre performance unofficially, usually at a much higher price than the official price:

Examples:

£30 seats for the match were being touted for £500.
4
a person who touts tickets:

Examples:

Britain's best-known ticket tout once boasted that he could get you tickets for anything.
5
to advertise or praise something, often to encourage its use or sale:

Examples:

Various studies have been published touting the benefits of pre-kindergarten programs.
6
If you tout someone's good character, knowledge, skills, achievements, etc., you praise those characteristics:

Examples:

The President was in Ohio on Saturday, touting his accomplishments and urging supporters to re-elect him.
7
to advertise or praise something, especially as a way of encouraging people to buy it:

Examples:

tout the benefits of sth He appears in ads touting the benefits of leasing corporate jets.
8
if someone or something is touted as something, many people say that they are or will be that thing:

Examples:

be touted as sth He is being widely touted as the company's next CEO.
9
to stop or speak to many people in order to try to persuade them to buy your goods or services:

Examples:

Hundreds of taxis at the airport tout for business.
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