Lock-in

Quick meaning: Lock-in is a noun meaning (finance) The situation where an investor cannot trade without incurring an undesirable penalty such as taxation.

Meaning

(finance) The situation where an investor cannot trade without incurring an undesirable penalty such as taxation.

More Meanings

1. (US) A sleepover party, usually held in a public place such as a church or school, in which the participants are not allowed to leave until the next morning.
2. (UK, Ireland) An illegal but widely-tolerated invitation-only gathering in a British pub, after the end of licensing hours, to allow regular customers the opportunity to enjoy further drinking time.
3. (law) A situation in which members of an industry have agreed to adopt a certain standard and have retooled their production to meet this standard, thus making it very costly to change to a different standard.

Example Sentences

vendor lock-in

The youth group will have their annual lock-in this weekend.

He was a lunatic drunk and started sing songs that lasted into the early hours of the morning and resulted in many weekend lock-ins in the village pub.

Word Forms

• lock-ins
• lockin

Synonyms for lock-in

Depending on context, synonyms include wakeover.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gating, locking, latch, lock, lockdown, lockout.

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