tout
- noun
- /taʊt/
- UK
:
revendedor de entradas
- I was warned not to buy from a tout because they often charge extra for the tickets.
Examples
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The Daily Mail reports that many empty seats were given to foreign delegations but are being sold by scalpers—sorry, touts—on the streets of Britain.
Blog text (22) -
The ticket tout approached us as we left the concert, offering to sell his last remaining tickets.
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- Ticket tout ran out of tickets.
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I sent you to a ticket tout.
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"I'm not going to Alexandria, and if I were, I wouldn't buy from the touts outside the station, so I ignore, ignore, ignore.
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Many fans were disappointed after discovering that a tout had sold them fake tickets to the game.
Synonyms
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A person who buys tickets or goods to sell them for much higher prices
A person who buys event tickets then sells them for more money
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Etymology
The word tout for a ticket reseller comes from sellers at events who bought extra 'tickets' to sell for more money, so imagine someone outside a stadium with a stack of tickets. So a tout is someone who resells tickets at a profit, often making it harder for ordinary fans to buy fair-priced seats.