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TICKET TOUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ticket tout mean?
• TICKET TOUT (noun)
The noun TICKET TOUT has 1 sense:
1. someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
Familiarity information: TICKET TOUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
ticket tout; tout
Hypernyms ("ticket tout" is a kind of...):
scalper (someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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