Buy-in
an act or instance of buying in.
the deliberate submission of a false bid, too low to be met, in order to win a contract.
Poker. the chips purchased by a player from the banker, occasionally a set amount required to enter a specific competition or game.
Contemporary Examples
The Senate’s Scary Health Care Deal Tunku Varadarajan December 8, 2009
Illegal New York Poker Clubs: A Former Waitress Reveals What Goes on Inside Sara Copeland April 11, 2012
Joe, Start Acting Jewish! Lee Siegel December 13, 2009
How He Became a Holdout Benjamin Sarlin December 13, 2009
The Democrats’ Silver Lining Reihan Salam January 5, 2010
John Boehner’s Tea Party Nightmare Benjamin Sarlin December 18, 2010
How He Became a Holdout Benjamin Sarlin December 13, 2009
Joe, Start Acting Jewish! Lee Siegel December 13, 2009
The Rube Goldberg Policy Machine Megan McArdle October 1, 2012
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