rent-a-quote

rent-a-quote
Someone who is prepared to provide comment or opinion to the media on virtually any topic, either in exchange for payment or in order to gain exposure.

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  • rent-a-quote — …   Useful english dictionary

  • rent-a- — or before a vowel rent an combining form (facetious) Denoting: (as if) rented or hired, organized for a specific occasion or purpose, instantly or artificially created, etc, as in rent a crowd, rent a mob or rent an army • • • Main Entry: ↑rent * …   Useful english dictionary

  • rent-a- — prefix MAINLY BRITISH HUMOROUS used with some nouns to refer to someone who is willing to become involved in anything, especially in exchange for money: rent a mob (=people who are willing to become involved in any kind of protest) rent a quote… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • rent-a- — UK / US prefix humorous used with some nouns to refer to someone who is willing to become involved in anything, especially in exchange for money rent a mob (= people who are willing to become involved in any kind of protest) rent a quote… …   English dictionary

  • headline rent — The rent that would be payable after any rent free period, concessionary rent period or other inducement has expired. For example, if a landlord wants to achieve a headline rent of £100,000 per year for a five year lease, but the market rent for… …   Law dictionary

  • Poem for Rent — is a nonprofit project for arts distribution. This is done mainly by posting poems on bulletin boards, in the same format like standard house for rent posts, with several detachable tear offs in the bottom. One difference is that instead of a… …   Wikipedia

  • James Wentworth Day — (April 21, 1899 ndash; January 5, 1983) was a British writer and occasional broadcaster, firmly of the Agrarian Right school and essentially a High Tory. He lived for most of his life in East Anglia, an area which would always be his first love;… …   Wikipedia

  • Martin Frankel — Martin R. Frankel Born 1954 (age 56–57)[1] Alias(es) James Spencer[1] David Rosse[2] Mike King …   Wikipedia

  • Anthony Beaumont-Dark — Sir Anthony Beaumont Dark (11 October 1932 ndash; 2 April 2006) was a British politician. He was Conservative MP for the constituency of Birmingham Selly Oak from 1979 to 1992 and was known for being a rent a quote MP who would deliver a pithy… …   Wikipedia

  • James Delingpole — (born 1965) is an English columnist and novelist. A self described libertarian conservative[1], he writes for The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and The Spectator. He has published several novels and four political books, most recently Watermelons:… …   Wikipedia

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