buy-innoun
uk/ˈbaɪ.ɪn/us/ˈbaɪ.ɪn/[ C ] a situation in which a person or group buys enough shares in a company to get control of it:
She led a buy-in of the group and is now its director.
[ C ] a situation in which a company buys its own shares from shareholders
[ U ] the fact of agreeing with and accepting something that someone suggests:
If you want to go ahead with these plans, you'll need buy-in from the employees.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Buying
- acquisitiveness
- approval
- bid
- bidding war
- bite
- brand loyalty
- bulk-buy
- import
- load up on sth
- money-off
- on the slate idiom
- order form
- order sth in
- outbid
- over the counter idiom
- shop around
- shopaholic
- shopping
- stock up
- trade-in
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Stock markets
Power to control
Accepting & agreeing