outlet

outlet
01. Don't plug the toaster and the iron into the same [outlet] or you'll blow a fuse.
02. The top-selling retailing [outlet] each year will receive bonuses of 25% for each of the employees.
03. The biggest bank in the world in terms of the number of its branches is the Bank of India, with almost 13,000 [outlets].
04. Jane enjoys painting as a creative [outlet] for the daily stresses of life.
05. A department store spokesman says that their new [outlet] will create more than 75 permanent jobs in the city.
06. The electrical current isn't very strong for the [outlet] in the bathroom.
07. My son earned enough money for a trip to Disneyland working at a fast food [outlet] for the summer.
08. The [outlet] pipe was blocked, causing water to back up into the basement.
09. Sports are an excellent [outlet] for all the energy young people have.
10. Karachi is an important shipping [outlet] for Pakistan's foreign trade.
11. We can't put a lamp in the hallway because there is no [outlet] to plug it in.
12. Loan companies and instant cash [outlets] prey on those who already have problems managing their money.
13. Why pay more at a retail [outlet] when you can buy direct from the wholesaler, at Ken's Megastore?
14. The company generally opens about 10 new retail [outlets] a year.
15. The university newspaper was able to scoop the major media [outlets] with its story showing that the university president had lied about his credentials.
16. Alexander McArthur once wrote "Battles and sex are the only free diversions in slum life. Couple them with drink, which costs money, and you have the three principal [outlets] for that escape."
17. Angelina Jolie once stated, "If I didn't have my films as an [outlet] for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up."
18. A recent study revealed that [outlets] selling junk foods near schools in poor neighborhoods outnumbered stores selling healthy foods by nearly six to one.
19. Arnold Schwarzenegger once remarked that training gives us an [outlet] for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Outlet — may mean: An electrical outlet An outlet store or outlet mall The pelvic outlet A type of instance variable used for graphical user interface programming in the OpenStep / Cocoa environment Outlet, Ontario, a community in Canada The Outlet… …   Wikipedia

  • outlet — or outlet store [out′let΄] n. 1. a passage or vent for letting something out 2. a means of expression [an outlet for the emotions] 3. a stream, river, etc. that flows out from a lake 4. a) a market for goods b) …   English World dictionary

  • Outlet — Out let , n. The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent. [1913 Webster] Receiving all, and having no outlet. Fuller. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • outlet — [n1] place or means of escape, release aperture, avenue, break, channel, crack, duct, egress, escape, exit, hole, nozzle, opening, orifice, porthole, release, safety valve, spout, tear, vent, way out; concepts 513,693 Ant. egress, entrance outlet …   New thesaurus

  • Outlet — Out*let , v. t. To let out; to emit. [R.] Daniel. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • outlet — I noun access, aperture, avenue, channel, chute, conduit, demand, door, egress, egressus, emissarium, exhaust, exit, exitus, floodgate, gate, gateway, hatch, hole, market, means of escape, opening, passage out, path, portal, spout, vent, way out… …   Law dictionary

  • outlet — (n.) early 13c., originally a river mouth, from OUT (Cf. out) + LET (Cf. let) (v.). Electrical wiring sense is attested from 1892. Meaning a retail store is attested from 1933 …   Etymology dictionary

  • outlet — |auteléte| s. m. Estabelecimento comercial de retalho onde se vendem produtos de uma marca ou fabricante a preços reduzidos. • Plural: outlets.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • outlet — /ˈautlet, ingl. ˈautlɛt, ˈautlɪt/ [vc. ingl., propr. «sbocco, scarico»] s. m. inv. spaccio CFR. stock house …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

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