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Pidr1nhu Posted 19 years ago
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Buy-ins? What is this?

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00I was reading THE NEW YORK TIMES and a certain expression (BUY-INS) appeared, but there is no mention of it on the dictionary. This is the context:02br
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00The governor’s plan signals a growing trend among state legislatures. “What we are seeing this year,” said Enrique Martinez-Vidal, the acting director of the State Coverage Initiative, a program that assists states looking to expand health care programs, “is that instead of just trying to take on reform in an incremental way, there are some states trying to do this in a comprehensive way, by trying to get buy-ins from all the different players.”02br
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0 To buy (into) an idea=to accept an idea (informal)02br 02br 00 I think they wanted to obtain 01font 00acceptance in principle02font 00 from the various participants, to 01font 00convince02font 00 them. into*1+0&dict=P

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 To buy (into) an idea=to accept an idea (informal)02br 02br 00 I think they wanted to obtain 01font 00acceptance in principle02font 00 from the various participants, to 01font 00convince02font 00 them.
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0 To buy (into) an idea=to accept an idea (informal)02br
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00 I think they wanted to obtain 01font00acceptance in principle02font00 from the various participants, to 01font00convince02font00 them. 02br
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0 Ok, thank you Marius Hancu, this really helped.0-
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0Marius is correct. Also, it's generally business speak, "Buy-in" means to embrace a particular policy etc. So, employees might be encouraged to "buy-in" to the new diversity policy, or whatever. Don't use the expression outside of business speak. 0-
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