tied

adjective

• 1fastened or attached with string or similar cord:a neatly tied package
• Music (of two or more notes) united by a tie and performed as one unbroken note.

• 2(of a game or contest) with both or more competitors or teams achieving the same score:the first tied match in the league a tied vote

• 3British restricted or limited in some way, in particular:
• (of a house) occupied subject to the tenant’s working for its owner:agricultural workers living in tied accommodation
• (of a pub) owned by a brewery and bound to supply the products produced or specified by that brewery: tied houses now have guest beers
• (of aid or an international loan) given subject to the condition that it should be spent on goods or services from the donor or lender.