foot traffic
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2.9
- noun
- /fʊt ˈtræfɪk/
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afluencia de peatones
- Food stores and hardware retailers will see a very large improvement in foot traffic.
Where is the foot traffic of watch buyers in downtown Zurich?
- Where is the foot traffic of watch buyers in downtown Zurich?
- Like you don't see arrows for foot traffic, but they have it.
- It was a new bar, and so they were trying to get foot traffic.
- You know, maybe we're a retail business and our, our focus is on increasing foot traffic to the store, right?
- Think about, you know, traffic, foot traffic, pedestrian traffic, biking, driving around.
- The heavy foot traffic of silhouettic commuters hastening home outside and us here.
- Foot store or foot traffic at retail is off.
Examples
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The café is located near the park, ensuring a steady flow of foot traffic throughout the day.
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His school was located in a busy downtown shopping district, with a great deal of foot traffic and more than a few beggars.
Academic text (2009) -
We can expect heavy foot traffic.
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Gets a lot of foot traffic in there according to the field agents.
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A nice, quiet place away from foot traffic would be in order.
Blog text (26) -
Other communities do these types of events to increase foot traffic, specifically those people who have not been coming to shop.
Blog text (10) -
You know, maybe we're a retail business and our, our focus is on increasing foot traffic to the store, right?
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Heavy foot traffic at the entrance.
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I found a table out of the way of the main foot traffic and watched people come and go.
Academic text (2004) -
We need an infusion of foot traffic for the Palmetto Business District.
Blog text (23)
Synonyms
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2.7
People walking along a street or public area, often many at once
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'movement or flow of people walking' is directly compositional from 'foot' (on foot, pedestrian) + 'traffic' (flow or volume), so the phrase denotes pedestrian traffic. This modifier-noun pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Foot traffic may come from the picture of a busy road where foot means people walking and traffic means a flow of movement, so you can imagine many people moving past a shop. That's why it now means the 'movement or flow of people' in a place and is important for businesses.