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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.

Origin:
1920–25; adj., n. use of v. phrase tie in
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tie-in   (tī'ĭn')
n.  One thing that is related to or connected with another.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
tie-in

  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.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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