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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There were other casualties tied to the fate of mortgages in the less-well-understood byways of the financial system, such as the over-the-counter market for credit default swaps.
From Barron's
Like the women’s final, this one also ended regulation with the score tied 1-1.
From Los Angeles Times
Not all such interactions with customers are tied to complaints.
From MarketWatch
CPUs are the main processors of a computing system, and Nvidia’s are typically tied into systems with the company’s graphics processing chips — or GPUs — that accelerate AI workloads.
Because these electrons are spread evenly around the ring rather than tied to individual atoms, the molecule gains extra stability.
From Science Daily
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