clout list
- noun
- /klaʊt lɪst/
- Jargon
:
lista de influencia
- The magazine's annual clout list features leaders from various industries.
Examples
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Getting your name on the clout list can open up many professional opportunities.
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After her breakthrough campaign, she was finally added to the company's clout list.
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The marketing team created a new clout list to target influencers.
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Have you seen the updated clout list for this quarter?
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After her breakthrough campaign, she was finally added to the company's clout list.
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Getting your name on the clout list can open up many professional opportunities.
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The magazine's annual clout list features leaders from various industries.
Synonyms
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5.7
Small group of the most famous or important people in an area, for example film and fashion
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7.5
People in society who are important, respected, and have power
How Influential
- Literature
1
7.5
- Jargon
50
3.0
162
2.4
52
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'clout' (influence) + 'list' (a sequence of names) yields a list of influential people. This noun+noun compounding is a common, productive pattern in English (e.g., 'guest list', 'hit list'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Clout list comes from the word clout, which long ago meant a hard hit and later came to mean the power to get things done or 'influence'. So a clout list is a list of people whose power can move things, and that is why it means a list of influential people.