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tie-in

[tahy-in]

tie-in

[tahy-in]
adjective
1.
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.
2.
of or pertaining to two or more products advertised, marketed, or sold together.
noun
3.
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together: a book and movie tie-in.
4.
a tie-in sale or advertisement.
5.
an item in a tie-in sale or advertisement.
6.
any direct or indirect link, relationship, or connection: There is a tie-in between smoking and cancer.

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Tie-in is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1920–25; adj., noun use of verb phrase tie in
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tie-in definition


  1. n.
    a connection; a liaison. : I got a call from Mary—my tie-in with the mayor's office—who says it's all set.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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