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tie-in
[ tahy-in ]
adjective
- 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.
- of or relating to two or more products advertised, marketed, or sold together.
noun
- an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
a book and movie tie-in.
- a tie-in sale or advertisement.
- an item in a tie-in sale or advertisement.
- any direct or indirect link, relationship, or connection:
There is a tie-in between smoking and cancer.
tie in
verb
- to come or bring into a certain relationship; coordinate
noun
- a link, relationship, or coordination
- publicity material, a book, tape, etc, linked to a film or broadcast programme or series
- a sale or advertisement offering products of which a purchaser must buy one or more in addition to his purchase
- an item sold or advertised in this way, esp the extra item
- ( as modifier )
a tie-in sale
Word History and Origins
Origin of tie-in1
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]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.
Vegetables are an organic tie-in to my daily life today, but also how I was raised in Southern California.
Since the Beijing Olympics, the former video game rivals have joined forces in a series of tie-in titles starring characters from both franchises.
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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