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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In Milton Keynes, voters will be able to vote in the city's centre:mk shopping centre, rather than being tied to a single polling station.
From BBC
“Kalshi doesn’t allow markets directly tied to death. We included every precaution on this market to make sure people could not trade on the outcome of death,” a Kalshi spokesperson told MarketWatch in an email.
From MarketWatch
“I got tied up. I’ll just grab something and bring it back to my room.”
From Literature
Councillor James Ball said the the committee's hands were "slightly tied" because planning permission was already in place.
From BBC
Between the two, Bumrungrad is more leveraged to the Middle East, with around 27% of total revenue tied to the region, he adds.
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