Meaning & use
touts
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Publicly promotes or praises something, often persistently and to attract buyers or attention.
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The company touts its product as the fastest on the market.
Ticket touts sold seats outside the stadium at inflated prices.
A note on using this word
As a noun in British English, a 'tout' is someone who resells tickets, often at marked-up prices.
Words with a similar meaning
promotesadvertises
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downplays
Another way to use it
2. noun
A person who sells tickets or goods aggressively, often illegally, outside an event.
Ticket touts were arrested for scalping outside the arena.
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