clout
influence, power
TRANSLATION
Schlagkraft, Einfluss
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Does nuclear status boost India's CLOUT? In May 1998, India stunned the world after it conducted nuclear tests in the Rajasthan desert. It was a move that was bitterly criticised internationally as well as within both countries."
(Sanjoy Majumder - BBC News Online correspondent in Delhi - 12 May 2003)
(Sanjoy Majumder - BBC News Online correspondent in Delhi - 12 May 2003)
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clout
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English clut; akin to Middle High German klOz lump, Russian gluda
Date: before 12th century
(of the 4 definitions offered by Merriam Webster below, you really only need to learn Nr 4):
1 dialect chiefly British : a piece of cloth or leather
2 : a blow especially with the hand; also : a hard hit in baseball
3 : a white cloth on a stake or frame used as a target in archery
4 : pull or influence
Synonyms:
authority, credit, prestige, weight
clout
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English clut; akin to Middle High German klOz lump, Russian gluda
Date: before 12th century
(of the 4 definitions offered by Merriam Webster below, you really only need to learn Nr 4):
1 dialect chiefly British : a piece of cloth or leather
2 : a blow especially with the hand; also : a hard hit in baseball
3 : a white cloth on a stake or frame used as a target in archery
4 : pull or influence
Synonyms:
authority, credit, prestige, weight
