to become connected with or work with a situation or person: I didn't trust the company and
refused to touch the deal.ШЕЯ
touch 'base (with sb) (informal) to make contact with sb again: She travels to Boston every other week to touch base with her home office, touch'bottom to reach the worst or lowest state: Many analysts believe that the recession has now touched bottom.noun
see also: high touch
569 TQM
improving: I received some tough love, but it was feedback I needed to hear.
.tough-'minded adjective
used to describe a person who makes firm decisions and does not easily change their mind: tough-minded business leaders
used to describe a decision, situation, etc. connected with this type of person: a tough-minded
strategytour
/tua(r); to:(r); AmE tur/ noun [C]an act of walking around a place to look at it: The CEO took the guests on a tour of the factory.
a journey made for pleasure during which several different towns, countries, etc. are visited: a two-week tour
of Europe -» package holiday'tour .company = tour operator
tourism
/'tuarizam; 'to:r-; AmE 'tur-/ noun [U] the business activity connected with providing accommodation, services and entertainment for people who are visiting a place for pleasure: the tourism industry о mass/package tourism о The hotel chain has been badly hit by the slump in tourism, ►'tourist noun [c]: The hotel is very popular with foreign tourists, о We usually travel tourist class (= in the cheapest seats).'tourist attraction
noun [c] a place that is interesting and popular with people visiting an area for pleasure: The London Eye is one of London's top tourist attractions.'tourist .office (also
.tourist information .office)noun [C]
a place where you can get information about an area, interesting places to visit, accommodation, etc: Yo
u can buy maps at the tourist information office. CEEU This is also often called a tourist information centre (spelled center in American English) or just tourist information. ► 'tourist .officer (also .tourist infor'mation .officer) noun [c]'tour .operator
(also'tour .company)noun [c] a company that arranges visits to places for pleasuretout
/taut/ verb, nounverb
Л
[+ obj] to try to persuade people that sb/sth is important or valuable by praising them/it: She is being touted as the next head of the company. 2 [+ obj or no obj] (especially BrE) to persuade people to buy your goods or services, especially by going to them and asking them directly: Many attendees were at the conference to tout their latest products, о companies publicly touting for investorsnoun
(also 'ticket tout) (both BrE) (AmE 'scalper) [c] a person who buys tickets for concerts, sports events, etc. and then sells them to other people at a much higher pricetoymaker
/'toimeika(r)/ noun [C] a company that makes toysTo.yota Pro'duction .System noun
[sing ] (abbr TPS)(Production)
a system of manufacturing developed by the Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan that aims to improve production by wasting as little time, money, etc. as possible and being able to change quickly to deal with new situationsTPM
/,ti: pi: 'em/ = total productivemaintenance
TPS
/,ti: pi: 'es/ = Toyota Production SystemTQM
',ti: kju: 'em/ = Total Quality Management trace 570trace
/treis/ verb, noun В (Production)verb
[+ obj]to follow the movements of materials, goods, stocks, etc. through a complete process: These
systems track and trace inventory through the supply chain. ► traceability /.treisa'bilati/ noun [и]: о inventory traceability traceable /'treisabl/ adjectivenoun
[C, usually sing.]