tied

adjective8

1. •
   Closely associated or connected.

   • As a couple, they are strongly tied to one another.
2. •
   Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.
3. •
   A cover having a stamp where the postmark cancellation overlaps the stamp.
4. •
   That resulted in a tie.

   • That tied score will require a “sudden death” round where Barnes can deliver a finishing move on Daniel. — 2013
5. •
   Restricted.

   • The city has at times fogged the outside-ocala area, but the county claims its hands are too tied, legally and financially, for it to render much aid. — 1962
6. •
   Conditional on other agreements being upheld.

   • There are two distinct ways in which tied aid can undermine the value of aid to the recipient: overpricing and distorting the nature of aid. — 1996
7. •
   Of a public house, bar, etc., obliged to sell beer from only one brewery, or alcoholic drinks from one pubco.
8. •
   Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use.

   • For generations farmers had argued that tied cottages were a perk and necessary to keep good workers, yet the reality for literally thousands was very different. — 2003