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tie-in

[ tahy-in ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or designating a sale in which the buyer in order to get the item desired must also purchase one or more other, usually undesired, items.
  2. of or relating to two or more products advertised, marketed, or sold together.


noun

  1. an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:

    a book and movie tie-in.

  2. a tie-in sale or advertisement.
  3. an item in a tie-in sale or advertisement.
  4. any direct or indirect link, relationship, or connection:

    There is a tie-in between smoking and cancer.

tie in

verb

  1. to come or bring into a certain relationship; coordinate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a link, relationship, or coordination
  2. publicity material, a book, tape, etc, linked to a film or broadcast programme or series
    1. a sale or advertisement offering products of which a purchaser must buy one or more in addition to his purchase
    2. an item sold or advertised in this way, esp the extra item
    3. ( as modifier )

      a tie-in sale

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tie-in1

First recorded in 1920–25; adj., noun use of verb phrase tie in
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Idioms and Phrases

Connect closely with, coordinate, as in They are trying to tie in the movie promotion with the book it is based on , or His story does not tie in with the facts . [First half of 1900s]
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Example Sentences

Unknown 9: Awakening, is part of an attempt to launch a new franchise, with other tie-in works planned to build out the game's universe.

From BBC

Vegetables are an organic tie-in to my daily life today, but also how I was raised in Southern California.

From Salon

Since the Beijing Olympics, the former video game rivals have joined forces in a series of tie-in titles starring characters from both franchises.

From BBC

See if there’s a museum tie-in, either locally or on a trip, that you could take her to.

The episode had an Oscar tie-in, with Bradley Cooper, playing himself, getting roasted in a classroom after a long season of heavy Oscar campaigning.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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