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tra v|el agen|cy (travel agencies ) N‑COUNT A travel agency is a business which makes arrangements for people's holidays and journeys.

tra v|el agent (travel agents )

1 N‑COUNT A travel agent or travel agent's is a shop or office where you can go to arrange a holiday or journey. □  He worked in a travel agent's.

2 N‑COUNT A travel agent is a person or business that arranges people's holidays and journeys.

trav|el|ler ◆◇◇ /træ vələ ^r / (travellers ) in AM, use traveler 1 N‑COUNT A traveller is a person who is making a journey or a person who travels a lot. □  Many air travellers suffer puffy ankles and feet during long flights.

2 N‑COUNT A traveller is a person who travels from place to place, often living in a van or other vehicle, rather than living in one place. [BRIT ]

3 → see also New Age traveller COLLOCATIONS traveller NOUN 1

adjective + traveller : frequent, seasoned; intrepid; inveterate, keen; discerning, savvy; weary; solo

verb + traveller : strand; entice, lure, woo

noun + traveller : armchair; business, leisure; air, rail, train; budget

tra v|el|ler's cheque (traveller's cheques ) in AM, use traveler's check N‑COUNT [usu pl] Traveller's cheques are cheques that you could buy in the past at a bank and take with you when you travelled, for example so that you could exchange them for the currency of the country that you were in.

trav|el|ling /træ vəl I ŋ/ in AM, use traveling ADJ [ADJ n] A travelling actor or musician, for example, is one who travels around an area or country performing in different places. □  …travelling entertainers.

tra v|el|ling sa les|man (travelling salesmen ) in AM, use traveling salesman N‑COUNT A travelling salesman is a salesman who travels to different places and meets people in order to sell goods or take orders.

trav|elogue /træ vəlɒg, -lɔːg/ (travelogues ) N‑COUNT A travelogue is a talk or film about travel or about a particular person's travels.

tra v|el rep (travel reps ) N‑COUNT A travel rep is the same as a holiday rep . [BRIT ]

tra v|el sick|ness N‑UNCOUNT If someone has travel sickness , they feel sick as a result of travelling in a vehicle.

trav|erse /træ vɜː ^r s, trəvɜː ^r s/ (traverses , traversing , traversed ) VERB If someone or something traverses an area of land or water, they go across it. [LITERARY ] □ [V n] I traversed the narrow pedestrian bridge.

trav|es|ty /træ vəsti/ (travesties ) N‑COUNT If you describe something as a travesty of another thing, you mean that it is a very bad representation of that other thing. □ [+ of ] Her research suggests that Smith's reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for.

trawl /trɔː l/ (trawls , trawling , trawled )

1 VERB If you trawl through a large number of similar things, you search through them looking for something that you want or something that is suitable for a particular purpose. [BRIT ] □ [V + through ] A team of officers is trawling through the records of thousands of petty thieves. □ [V n] Her private secretary has carefully trawled the West End for a suitable show.

2 VERB When fishermen trawl for fish, they pull a wide net behind their ship in order to catch fish. □ [V ] They had seen him trawling and therefore knew that there were fish. □ [V + for ] We came upon a fishing boat trawling for Dover sole. [Also V n]

trawl|er /trɔː lə ^r / (trawlers ) N‑COUNT A trawler is a fishing boat that is used for trawling.

tray /tre I / (trays ) N‑COUNT A tray is a flat piece of wood, plastic, or metal, which usually has raised edges and which is used for carrying things, especially food and drinks.

treach|er|ous /tre tʃərəs/