Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

= ticker symbol

'ticker .symbol (also 'ticker, 'symbol) noun [c]{Stock Exchange) especially in the US, a set of usually three or four letters that identifies a share, etc. on a stock exchange: shares in Hewlett-Packard, trading under their ticker symbol 'HPQ'

a printed piece of paper that gives you the right to travel on a particular plane, train, etc. or to go into a theatre, etc: Many passengers still prefer paper tickets to electronic ones, о higher ticket prices

to book/buy/reserve/sell tickets ♦ non-refundable/ one-way tickets ♦ bus/plane/theatre/train tickets ♦ ticket prices/sales ♦ a ticket agent/counter/ machine/office

a label that is attached to sth in a shop/store giving details of its price, size, etc: This week you get 10% off the price on the ticket. label, tag

verb [+ obj]

to produce and sell tickets for an event, a trip, etc.; to give sb a ticket: Passengers can now be ticketed electronically.

ticketing /'tikitig/ noun [it] the process of producing and selling tickets: ticketing systems e-ticketing

'ticket tout = tout noun

'tick point = tick noun (2)

tie /tai/ verb, noun

[25] verb

[+ obj] to follow the progress or development of sth/sb: The system for tracking sales needs updating.

[+ obj or no obj] to move in a particular direction; to move in the same direction as sth: Technology stocks were tracking higher.

(Production) [+ obj] to follow the movements of goods and stocks of items: Her job was processing orders, sending out invoices and tracking inventory. ► trackable /'traekabl/ adjective trackability /.traeka'bilati/ noun [u]: The system uses complex bar codes to provide complete trackability of each package.

'tracker fund (BrE) (also 'index fund, AmE, BrE) noun [C]

[Finance) a type of investment fund, consisting of some of the shares in a particular share index, whose value always follows the market

'tracking pofl = tracking study

'tracking stock noun [c,u] (Stock Exchange) shares in one part of a company's activities that represent the value of that part rather than the company as a whole: The group's wireless division trades as a tracking stock.

'tracking .study (also 'tracking poll) noun [c](Marketing) a study in which people are asked the same questions at different times, in order to find out how people's opinions, tastes, needs, etc. change over time: We conducted a tracking study by phone to monitor awareness of our ads.

'track,record noun [c] all the past achievements, successes or failures of a person or an organization: He has a proven track record in marketing.

О a good/poor/proven/strong track record

tradable (also spell'ed tradeabie) /'treidabl/ adjective

that you can easily buy and sell or exchange for money

О tradable goods/securities/shares see also: registered trademark

{abbr TM) a name, symbol or design that a company uses for its products and that cannot be used by anyone else: French law protects your trademark and logo, о a registered trademark о the rights of trademark holders о The company was sued for trademark infringement {= illegal use of another company's trademark). See note at copyright

О trademark holders/owners • trademark infringements/violations

a special way of behaving, dressing, etc. that is typical of sb and that makes them easily

(Commerce) a person or company that buys things and sells them at a profit: small market traders о Plans for a new hypermarket have angered local traders, о commodity traders

(Finance; Stock Exchange) (AmE) = dealer (2)

'trade representative noun [c] (abbr

'trade rep)

(Marketing) = sales representative

a person or an organization that represents a country in matters relating to trade

'trade sale noun [c]

(Commerce) [usually pi.] sales that a company makes to another business rather than to the public