tied
Britishadjective
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(of a public house, retail shop, etc) obliged to sell only the beer, products, etc, of a particular producer
a tied house
tied outlet
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(of a house or cottage) rented out to the tenant for as long as he or she is employed by the owner
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(of a loan) made by one nation to another on condition that the money is spent on goods or services provided by the lending nation
Example Sentences
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With its growth tied directly to AI infrastructure spending, “King Slide is the purest AI play in Taiwan,” J.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
MarketWatch journalists don’t bet on individual stocks or sector funds tied to industries that they cover, but we spend every day following financial markets and reporting on savvy strategies.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Our cognition is so tied to our overall health and what happens to us physically," Hayes said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
In the partnership of 150 with Jordan Cox at Headingley, Joe Root has now registered 50-plus run partnerships with 45 distinct partners in Test, the joint-most - tied with Shivnarine Chanderpaul from West Indies.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
He’d tied a pink ribbon round the handlebars, and he made a big fuss of it being a present for me.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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