buy-inn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌɪɪn/, U.S.

/ˈbaɪˌɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to buy in at buy v. Phrasal verbs 1.

Etymology: < to buy in at buy v. Phrasal verbs 1.

1. Business and Finance.

a. An act of purchasing shares or an interest in a company or business; (in later use) esp. the purchase of a controlling interest in a company, a takeover; such a takeover carried out by an external consortium of managers. Cf. buyout n. 2, management buy-in n.

1930 Variety July 4/5 An earlier patent conciliation amounting to a buy-in of Tobis-Klangfilm.

1951 Variety 10 Jan. 43/1 Sammy Kaye has added to his multiple enterprises with a buy-in of a substantial interest in a Miami Beach eatery.

1987 Irish Times 22 Apr. (Business & Finance section) 12/5 But where the managers in a buy-out are formed from the existing management team, in a buy-in they are strangers to the company and are brought in from outside.

1999 R. Pike & B. Neale Corporate Finance & investment iv. 90 This was a buy-in by an external managerial team, backed by venture capital specialists.

2011 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 22 Mar. 1 Cath Gilmour, a Queenstown Lakes District councillor and a strong critic of the initial share purchase, said the community simply would not have supported a further buy-in of shares at the current time.

b. An act of purchasing securities by a broker after a seller has failed to deliver similar securities, the original seller being charged any difference in cost.

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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > share-buying activities

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1938 N.Y. Times 6 Feb. (Late City ed.) iii. 6 f/6 Buy-ins are not to be given to the secretary of the Exchange for execution, but are to be effected by the member directly or through an agent of his own choosing.

1987 Financial Times 18 Dec. 23/4 The changes call for a house to issue a pre-advice notice, before the issue of the buy-in notice itself, and the buy-in agent must be a reporting dealer in the issue in question.

2002 D. Loader Clearing, Settlem. & Custody vi. 131 Buy-ins permit the purchaser to achieve timely settlement by purchasing the securities from another agent. The securities are delivered and the extra costs passed on to the original seller.

c. An act by a company of repurchasing its own stock, often in the hope of raising the price of available shares, as a defensive strategy against a takeover bid, or as a way of returning money to shareholders outside of dividend payments. Cf. buyback n. 2b.

1960 Variety 19 Oct. 13/4 (heading) Debt reduction, share buy-in next at 20th.

1977 Forbes 15 July 25/1 The two buy-ins will reduce Tandy's out-standing shares from 15.4 million in 1976 to about 12 million shares.

1984 Observer 2 Dec. 29 Walt Disney Productions..took further defensive action last week by announcing plans to purchase up to 3.5 million..of its outstanding shares... The Bass family..will end up with 27.7 per cent of Disney's outstanding shares at the end of the buy-in.

1996 Daily Tel. 14 Feb. 33/1 The Reuters information group is planning a second buy-in of its own shares to return part of its £850m cash surplus to investors.

2. Chiefly Poker. An amount of money that must be exchanged for chips from the banker to begin a game, occasionally a set amount as a requirement to enter a specific game or tournament.

1953 W. H. McGlothlin Psychometric Stud. Gambling (M.A. thesis, Univ. S. Calif.) iii. 22 The smallest game requires a buy-in of five dollars while the forty-straight game requires a $400.00 buy-in.

2009 V. Coren For Richer for Poorer vii. 90 I play my first multi-table Holdem tournament. The buy-in is 1,000 francs, about £100.

3. Originally U.S. In general contexts: an (esp. initial) purchase, payment, or investment.

1961 Probl. of Aging: Hearings before Subcomm. Federal & State Activities Special Comm. Aging (U.S. Senate, 87th Congr. 1st Sess.) 227 Only 7 percent of the site tenants could afford middle-income cooperative housing with a buy-in of $650 per room.

1989 Motor Trend Mar. 136/1 The initial buy-in for a basic automotive toolbox filled with quality tools will be around $400.

2005 Ward's Auto World Feb. 15/3 Also making a splash is Hyundai Motor America's all-new Sonata, with V-6 power and a host of standard features, including stability control, for a sub-$20,000 starting buy-in.

4. figurative. Originally and chiefly U.S. Acceptance or agreement with a suggestion or proposition; cooperation; (also) an instance of this.

1985 Nucl. News (Nexis) Apr. 59 This was not a top-down approach at all. It was not corporate down, it was not even from plant management down. It was more of a grass-roots thrust. What the team realized was that we needed the ‘buy-in’ of everyone.

1991 Time 25 Feb. 63/1 We arrive at a strategy, but not everyone in the organization adheres to it. They hedge. There's a lack of buy-in, and you never come out with anything coherent.

1995 Enterprise Mar. 6/2 A code of ethics can be okay.., but it should be a living document. The production matters more than the product. There should be a moral buy-in from everyone in the organization.

2004 Hope July 16/2 Hendricks started shopping it around to leaders in the labor and environmental communities, seeking their buy-in—a process he likens to shuttle diplomacy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	buy-in
释义	buy-inn. Brit. /ˈbʌɪɪn/, U.S. /ˈbaɪˌɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to buy in at buy v. Phrasal verbs 1. Etymology: < to buy in at buy v. Phrasal verbs 1. 1. Business and Finance. a. An act of purchasing shares or an interest in a company or business; (in later use) esp. the purchase of a controlling interest in a company, a takeover; such a takeover carried out by an external consortium of managers. Cf. buyout n. 2, management buy-in n. Π 1930 Variety July 4/5 An earlier patent conciliation amounting to a buy-in of Tobis-Klangfilm. 1951 Variety 10 Jan. 43/1 Sammy Kaye has added to his multiple enterprises with a buy-in of a substantial interest in a Miami Beach eatery. 1987 Irish Times 22 Apr. (Business & Finance section) 12/5 But where the managers in a buy-out are formed from the existing management team, in a buy-in they are strangers to the company and are brought in from outside. 1999 R. Pike & B. Neale Corporate Finance & investment iv. 90 This was a buy-in by an external managerial team, backed by venture capital specialists. 2011 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 22 Mar. 1 Cath Gilmour, a Queenstown Lakes District councillor and a strong critic of the initial share purchase, said the community simply would not have supported a further buy-in of shares at the current time. b. An act of purchasing securities by a broker after a seller has failed to deliver similar securities, the original seller being charged any difference in cost. ΘΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > share-buying activities subscribing1762 flyer1846 bearing1849 stagging1851 take-up1865 bear covering1881 straddle1883 portfolio investment1929 short covering1930 support buying1932 foreign portfolio investment1951 corporate raiding1957 leveraged1957 tender offer1964 buy-in1968 management buyout1977 bought deal1981 greenmail1983 MBO1986 bimbo1991 1938 N.Y. Times 6 Feb. (Late City ed.) iii. 6 f/6 Buy-ins are not to be given to the secretary of the Exchange for execution, but are to be effected by the member directly or through an agent of his own choosing. 1987 Financial Times 18 Dec. 23/4 The changes call for a house to issue a pre-advice notice, before the issue of the buy-in notice itself, and the buy-in agent must be a reporting dealer in the issue in question. 2002 D. Loader Clearing, Settlem. & Custody vi. 131 Buy-ins permit the purchaser to achieve timely settlement by purchasing the securities from another agent. The securities are delivered and the extra costs passed on to the original seller. c. An act by a company of repurchasing its own stock, often in the hope of raising the price of available shares, as a defensive strategy against a takeover bid, or as a way of returning money to shareholders outside of dividend payments. Cf. buyback n. 2b. Π 1960 Variety 19 Oct. 13/4 (heading) Debt reduction, share buy-in next at 20th. 1977 Forbes 15 July 25/1 The two buy-ins will reduce Tandy's out-standing shares from 15.4 million in 1976 to about 12 million shares. 1984 Observer 2 Dec. 29 Walt Disney Productions..took further defensive action last week by announcing plans to purchase up to 3.5 million..of its outstanding shares... The Bass family..will end up with 27.7 per cent of Disney's outstanding shares at the end of the buy-in. 1996 Daily Tel. 14 Feb. 33/1 The Reuters information group is planning a second buy-in of its own shares to return part of its £850m cash surplus to investors. 2. Chiefly Poker. An amount of money that must be exchanged for chips from the banker to begin a game, occasionally a set amount as a requirement to enter a specific game or tournament. Π 1953 W. H. McGlothlin Psychometric Stud. Gambling (M.A. thesis, Univ. S. Calif.) iii. 22 The smallest game requires a buy-in of five dollars while the forty-straight game requires a $400.00 buy-in. 2009 V. Coren For Richer for Poorer vii. 90 I play my first multi-table Holdem tournament. The buy-in is 1,000 francs, about £100. 3. Originally U.S. In general contexts: an (esp. initial) purchase, payment, or investment. Π 1961 Probl. of Aging: Hearings before Subcomm. Federal & State Activities Special Comm. Aging (U.S. Senate, 87th Congr. 1st Sess.) 227 Only 7 percent of the site tenants could afford middle-income cooperative housing with a buy-in of $650 per room. 1989 Motor Trend Mar. 136/1 The initial buy-in for a basic automotive toolbox filled with quality tools will be around $400. 2005 Ward's Auto World Feb. 15/3 Also making a splash is Hyundai Motor America's all-new Sonata, with V-6 power and a host of standard features, including stability control, for a sub-$20,000 starting buy-in. 4. figurative. Originally and chiefly U.S. Acceptance or agreement with a suggestion or proposition; cooperation; (also) an instance of this. Π 1985 Nucl. News (Nexis) Apr. 59 This was not a top-down approach at all. It was not corporate down, it was not even from plant management down. It was more of a grass-roots thrust. What the team realized was that we needed the ‘buy-in’ of everyone. 1991 Time 25 Feb. 63/1 We arrive at a strategy, but not everyone in the organization adheres to it. They hedge. There's a lack of buy-in, and you never come out with anything coherent. 1995 Enterprise Mar. 6/2 A code of ethics can be okay.., but it should be a living document. The production matters more than the product. There should be a moral buy-in from everyone in the organization. 2004 Hope July 16/2 Hendricks started shopping it around to leaders in the labor and environmental communities, seeking their buy-in—a process he likens to shuttle diplomacy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1930
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