auction vs tout

auction

noun
  • A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. 

  • The first stage of a deal, in which players bid to determine the final contract. 

verb
  • To sell at an auction. 

tout

noun
  • Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way. 

  • A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win. 

  • In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks. 

  • An informer in the Irish Republican Army. 

verb
  • To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes. 

  • To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse. 

  • To look for, try to obtain; used with for. 

  • To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.). 

  • To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote. 

  • To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings. 

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