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lock-in [lok-in] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun an act or instance of becoming unalterable, unmovable, or rigid. commitment, binding, or restriction. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of lock-in First recorded in 1965–70; noun use of verb phrase lock in Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for lock-in Contemporary Examples of lock-in
The law’s supporters have been counting on a lock-in effect to make the law hard to repeal.
The Rube Goldberg Policy Machine
Megan McArdle
October 2, 2012
Lock-in is the decreased likelihood to search for, or change to, another option once an investment in something has been made.
David Frum
April 16, 2012
Historical Examples of lock-in
To every appeal they heartlessly refused to divulge the key to the lock-in.
Alan Edward Nourse
British Dictionary definitions for lock-in lock-in noun an illegal session of selling alcohol in a bar after the time when it should, by law, be closed 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
