buy-in

== English == === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from buy in. ==== Noun ==== buy-in (countable and uncountable, plural buy-ins) Support; agreement; blessing (in a secular sense). Synonyms: alignment, approval (poker) A tournament where a player must purchase all of his or her chips before the tournament starts. (poker) The amount that a player buys in for ===== Coordinate terms ===== (poker tournament): rebuy, cash game, sit-and-go ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From buy + -in. ==== Noun ==== buy-in (plural buy-ins) A protest in which participants buy an item and return it soon after in order to slow down the store's operations.