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"Ticket tout" is a British term for a scalper, someone who engages in ticket resale for more than the face value of the ticket. In recent years some British ticket touts have moved into Internet ticket fraud. [3] In the sports betting world, a tout is someone who sells picks of winners against the spread and the over/under.
Ticket brokers operate out of offices and use the internet and phone call centers to conduct their business. They are different from scalpers since they offer a consumer-facing storefront to return to if there is any problem with their transaction. The majority of transactions that occur are via credit card over the phone or internet.
In British English, a tout is any person who solicits business or employment in a persistent and annoying manner. Tout may also refer to: Tout (surname) Tout (company), a social networking and microblogging service; Tout Quarry, a former quarry and sculpture park in Dorset, England, in the United Kingdom
A more colloquial quasi-synonymous expression in French would be en tout bien tout honneur. hors de combat lit. "out of the fight": prevented from fighting or participating in some event, usually by injury. hors concours lit. "out of competition": not to be judged with others because of the superiority of the work to the others. hors d'œuvre
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