to be tied up
11tied aid — UK US noun [U] POLITICS, ECONOMICS ► money that a rich country lends to a poor country, on condition that the poor country spends the money on goods from the rich country: »Tied aid reduces the real value of the grants by about 25% …
12tied cottage — ➡ tied house * * * …
13tied — index bound, cohesive (sticking), compound, equal, inextricable, interrelated, related Burton s Legal Thesa …
14tied down — index indentured Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
15tied in with — index relevant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
16tied together — index conjoint Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
17tied loan — UK US noun [C] ECONOMICS, FINANCE ► a loan made by one organization to another with the condition that the money should be spent on particular things …
18tied cottage — n BrE a house that a farm worker rents from a farmer while he is working on that farm …
19tied house — n BrE a ↑pub that can only sell the beer made by a particular company →↑free house …
20tied to your mother's apron strings — Describes a child (often a boy) who is so used to his mother s care that he (or she) cannot do anything on his (or her) own …