plural buy-ins
: acceptance of and willingness to actively support and participate in something (such as a proposed new plan or policy)
Without buy-in from his troops, Gruden's just another tuned-out coach.Tim Keown
Probably the biggest challenge is to increase teacher buy-in. Some worry that Khan's methods are too untested. Others are more blunt, saying he wants to replace teachers with computers.Kayla Webley

Examples of buy-in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Root Nashville’s goal – planting 500,000 trees by 2050 – is very ambitious, says Ms. Houghton, all the more because the group requires residents’ buy-in before planting in easements, which belong to the city. Jingnan Peng, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024 Despite fears that sustainability buy-in would be difficult in the U.S., especially in the barbeque-loving South, sales have grown more than tenfold since the product’s 2021 launch. Alison Van Houten, TIME, 30 May 2024 Plans to operate a U.S.-Mexico ferry continue to move forward, with permitting underway and buy-in from public agencies The idea to operate a ferry between San Diego and Ensenada has been floating around for a while. Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024 Related: Emotional dry cleaning: A writer helps doctors share their stories — and their pain Cultural transformation requires leadership buy-in, resource allocation, cross-sector collaboration, and adjustments over time. Sadie Elisseou, STAT, 23 May 2024 That doesn’t seem to be the case anymore, with Microsoft enthusiastically touting buy-in from developers like Adobe and BlackMagic Design, whose products are wildly popular with the MacBook-toting creative crowd. David Meyer, Fortune, 21 May 2024 There was immediate civic buy-in when Mercado González opened in November. Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024 Republicans also don’t want the state to have a public buy-in option for Minnesota Care. Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 14 May 2024 The buy-in, Basso says, will go up for Year 2, since three of the original eight license holders have already resold them at five times the initial investment. J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 9 May 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1991, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of buy-in was in 1991

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“Buy-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buy-in. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.

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