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tie-in

tie-in
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tahy in]
    • /taɪ ɪn/
    • /taɪ ɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tahy in]
    • /taɪ ɪn/

Definitions of tie-in word

  • adjective tie-in 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. 1
  • adjective tie-in of or relating to two or more products advertised, marketed, or sold together. 1
  • noun tie-in an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together: a book and movie tie-in. 1
  • noun tie-in a tie-in sale or advertisement. 1
  • noun tie-in an item in a tie-in sale or advertisement. 1
  • noun tie-in any direct or indirect link, relationship, or connection: There is a tie-in between smoking and cancer. 1

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Origin of tie-in

First appearance:

before 1920
One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25; adj., noun use of verb phrase tie in

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Parts of speech for Tie-in

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

tie-in popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for tie-in

noun tie-in

  • affiliation — If one group has an affiliation with another group, it has a close or official connection with it.
  • agglutination — the act or process of agglutinating
  • association — An association is an official group of people who have the same job, aim, or interest.
  • bond — A bond between people is a strong feeling of friendship, love, or shared beliefs and experiences that unites them.
  • collocation — In linguistics, collocation is the way that some words occur regularly whenever another word is used.

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